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“It's unfortunate that this has happened. No. It's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed by it—not shattered by the present or frightened of the future. It could have happened to anyone. But not everyone could have remained unharmed by it.”
Book IV • Marcus Aurelius“How many, once lauded in song, are given over to the forgotten; and how many who sung their praises are clean gone long ago!”
Book VII • Marcus Aurelius“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
The Two Towers • J.R.R Tolkien“Beauty is only two finger’s-breadth from goodness.”
The Common Reader • Virginia Woolf“Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.”
The Gay Science • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche