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“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”

“Be afraid of nothing… With your personality there is nothing you could not do. The world belongs to you for a season… The moment I met you I saw that you were quite unconscious of what you really are, of what you really might be. There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.”

“This lecture, which I give at your request, will necessarily disappoint you in a number of ways. You will naturally expect me to take a position on actual problems of the day. But that will be the case only in a purely formal way and toward the end […]”

“Those who approach the past with astonishment, with humility and a touch of sadness will also show a proper sense of respect for the mysterious character of freedom, and the enigma of the future; and they will not deny their readers the right to hope.”

“When I like people immensely I never tell their names to any one. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it. When I leave town now I never tell my people where I am going. If I did, I would lose all my pleasure.”

“We are what you were; we will be what you are.”

Best part of this chapter? Brain substrates —> the opioid system.