The basis of optimism is sheer terror. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Never Give In!
My story isn’t pleasant, it’s not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves. Demian
it will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation. Mansfield Park
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