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“"Nothing would stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at him like a wild man."”
Metamorphosis and Other Stories • Franz Kafka“Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.”
Twilight of the Idols • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche““Well, he used to say that the great thing in married life was patience. Do you hear, Vanya? Not love, but patience. Love cannot last long. You have lived two years in love, and now evidently your married life has reached the period when, in order to preserve equilibrium, so to speak, you ought to exercise all your patience. . . .””
Seagull • Anton Chekhov“It might be a basic characteristic of existence that those who would know it completely would perish, in which case the strength of spirit should be measured according to how much of the "truth" one could still barely endure--or to put it more clearly, to what degree one would require it to be thinned down, shrouded, sweetened, blunted, falsified.”
Beyond Good and Evil • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche“The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.”
Unlimited Power • Mark Twain