

“I myself must also say I believe it is true that in the end humanitarianism will triumph; only I fear that at the same time the world will be one big hospital and each person will be the other person's humane keeper.”
― Italian Journey
― Italian Journey

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis

“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
― Worstward Ho
― Worstward Ho

“most people come to know only one corner of their room, one spot near the window, one narrow strip on which they keep walking back and forth.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet

TODAY BOOKS ARE NOT BURNED. THEY ARE BURIED. WE SHALL UNEARTH THEM.

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