The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. The Picture of Dorian Gray
I want someone to sit beside after the day's pursuit and all its anguish, after its listening, and its waitings, and its suspicions. After quarrelling and reconciliation I need privacy -- to be alone with you, to set this hubbub in order. For I am as neat as a cat in my habits. The Waves
One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long chains of causation may separate final effects from ultimate causes lying outside the domain of that field of science. Guns, Germs And Steel
“Everywhere was in silence, like the velvet feet of death. And I was condemned to live; to live!” My Sweet Orange Tree
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