Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal. Intellectual Autobiography
When men are about to commit, or sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object either of that or some parallel proceeding, and to feel themselves, at the time, quite virtuous and moral, and immensely superior to those who express no pity at all. This is a kind of upholding of faith above works, and is very comfortable. Nicholas Nickleby
“And how can I fly if we are holding hands? And what good is it for us to both fly away? And besides – this is actually the main thought of the above – I’ll never go so far away from you again.” (31 July 1920) Letters To Milena
my lad, as far as I can see, free-thinking women are all monsters." Fathers and Sons
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