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“People may be settled into ways of life which preclude continued happiness, but which are satisfactory and far to be preferred to alternatives.”
― The Sea, the Sea
― The Sea, the Sea
“all religious wars were in essence a “linguistic problem.” Language, he said, did more to hide than reveal the Truth, and as a result people constantly misunderstood and misjudged one another.”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
“I cannot now remember the exact sequence of events in those prehistoric years. That we cannot remember such things, that our memory, which is our self, is tiny, limited and fallible, is also one of those important things about us, like our inwardness and our reason. Indeed it is the very essence of both.”
― The Sea, the Sea
― The Sea, the Sea
“how dramatically people changed when they joined a mob. Ordinary men with no history of violence—artisans, vendors, or peddlers—turned aggressive to the point of murder when they banded together. Lynchings were common and ended with the corpses put on display to deter others.”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
“I felt a tenderness for her that was deep and pure, a miracle of love preserved. How clear it flowed, that fountain from the far past. Yes, we must quietly collect our past, collect it up with tacit understanding, without any intensity or drama, blaming and exonerating ourselves with a difference. And how wonderfully possible it seemed, this silent process of redemption,”
― The Sea, the Sea
― The Sea, the Sea
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