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It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

I had been right, I was still right, I was always right. I had lived my life one way and I could just as well have lived it another. I had done this and I hadn't done that. I hadn't done this thing but I had done another. And so?

The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil

But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.

There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rule."Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it."Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it's a game, all right-I'll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there aren't any hot-shots, then what's a game about it? Nothing. No game.

Why don’t we break up? I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. And that’s not an easy thing to do.

Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.

الولاء يعني إنعدام التفكير , بل إنعدام الحاجة للتفكير , الولاء هو عدم الوعي

Five hundred souls. I carried them in my fingers, like suitcases. Or I'd throw them over my shoulder. It was only the the children I carried in my arms.

You’re a human, you should understand self-obsession.

It was a year for the ages, like 79, like 1346, to name just a few. Forget the scythe, Goddamn it, I needed a broom or a mop. And I needed a vacation.

Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.

Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?

They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush. He absolutely started, and for a moment seemed immoveable from surprise; but shortly recovering himself, advanced towards the party, and spoke to Elizabeth, if not in terms of perfect composure, at least of perfect civility.

Love those you hate you.

But people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot.

Things are never as bad as they seem.

She was feeling the pressure of the world outside and she wanted to see him and feel his presence beside her and be reassured that she was doing the right thing after all.

Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.