One can't love humanity. One can only love people.
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Graham Greene
Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up.
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Stephen King
People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent.
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Jostein Gaarder
Ah, art! Ah, life! The pendulum swinging back and forth, from complex to simple, again to complex. From romantic to realistic, back to romantic.
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Ray Bradbury
Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.
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Graham Greene
More Quotes By Jostein Gaarder
How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.
So now you must choose.. Are you a child who has not yet become world-weary? Or are you a philosopher who will vow never to become so? To children, the world and everything in it is new, something that gives rise to astonishment. It is...
Imagine that one day you are out for a walk in the woods. Suddenly you see a small spaceship on the path in front of you. A tiny Martian climbs out the spaceship and stands on the ground looking up at you… What would you...
Wisest is she who knows she does not know.
When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.
