It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
IVAN TURGENEVDeath’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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Each individual is more or less dimly aware of his significance, is aware that he’s something innately superior, something eternal–and lives, is obligated to live, in the moment and for the moment.
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Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don’t notice whether it’s passing quickly or slowly.
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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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I was afraid of looking into my heart…afraid of thinking seriously about anything…I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to admit to myself that I was not loved.
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Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this – Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.
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Sternly, remorselessly, fate guides each of us; only at the beginning, when we’re absorbed in details, in all sorts of nonsense, in ourselves, are we unaware of its harsh hand.
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There is a sweetness in being the sole source, the autocratic and irresponsible cause of the greatest joy and profoundest pain to another.
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If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
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Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
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Every man’s happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.
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We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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