Julia R
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“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History

“There's something about first love, isn't there? she said. It's untouchable to those who played no part in it. But it's the measure of all that follows.”
― Tin Man
― Tin Man

“Is the world really beautified by the fact that man thinks it beautiful? He has humanized it, that is all.”
― Twilight of the Idols / The Anti-Christ
― Twilight of the Idols / The Anti-Christ

“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History

“Why, a dog, whenever he sees a stranger, is angry; when an acquaintance, he welcomes him, although the one has never done him any harm, nor the other any good. Did this never strike you as curious? The matter never struck me before; but I quite recognise the truth of your remark. And surely this instinct of the dog is very charming;—your dog is a true philosopher. Why? Why, because he distinguishes the face of a friend and of an enemy only by the criterion of knowing and not knowing. And must not an animal be a lover of learning who determines what he likes and dislikes by the test of knowledge and ignorance? Most”
― The Republic
― The Republic

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