“The humanities would be called upon to choose a wallpaper for the crypt, as the end drew near.”
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“We do not make up history and culture. We simply appear, not by our own choice.”
“We mustn't forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals.”
“Conquered people tend to be witty. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.”
“Death is the dark backing that a mirror needs if we are to see anything.”
“I never yet touched a fig leaf that didn't turn into a price tag.”
“For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics.”
“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”
“I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing.”
“In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul.”
“Anxiety destroys scale, and suffering makes us lose perspective.”
“Apparently the rise of consciousness is linked to certain kinds of privation.”
“In an age of enormities, the emotions are naturally weakened.”
“Your English is the principal instrument of your humanity.”
“What is imposed on us by birth and environment is what we are called upon to overcome.”
“There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger.”
“It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.”