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“We have absolutely no control over what happens to us in life but what we have paramount control over is how we respond to those events.”
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“These gentlemen, although of the highest nobility,' thought Julien, 'are not in the least boring like the people who come to dine with M. de La Mole; and I can see why,' he added a moment later,'they are not ashamed to be indecent.”
― The Red and the Black
― The Red and the Black

“The greatest benefit we owe to the artist, whether painter, poet, or novelist, is the extension of our sympathies.... Art is the nearest thing to life; it is a mode of amplifying experience and extending our contact with our fellow-men beyond the bounds of our personal lot.”
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“The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
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