We move between two darknesses.
E. M. FORSTERAziz winked at him slowly and said: “…There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.
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Human relations are impossible. When they are real they are uncomfortable, and when they are comfortable they are unreal. It was for the journey into solitude that the human soul was created.
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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.
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Inside its cocoon of work or social obligation, the human spirit slumbers for the most part, registering the distinction between pleasure and pain, but not nearly as alert as we pretend.
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The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
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Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
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It is so difficult – at least, I find it difficult – to understand people who speak the truth.
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Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we’re still no nearer to understanding one another.
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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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Life is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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The historian records, but the novelist creates.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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