"The things men did or felt they had to do."

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Erich Maria Remarque

“It made me love talk that sought answers to questions that could help nobody, that could only keep alive in me that enthralling sense of wonder and awe in the face of the drama of human feeling which is hidden by the external drama of life.”
“I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.”
“the labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader.”
“Half of my life Iâ€™ve had people staring at me because they think Iâ€™m funny-looking and ugly. The other half â€¨of my life Iâ€™ve had people staring at me because they think Iâ€™m fascinating. Everything neutralises”
“The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in order to acquire for herself an increase in membership but in order to consecrate a human being to God and to communicate to that person the divine gift of birth from God.”
“Happiness is the only thing one should ever be resigned to.”
“A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.”
“I was in danger of having my children taken away from me when I needed five weeks in psychiatric care ... There is the smiling depressive which is the biggest time bomb and when they go they usually go with a bang, which was me ...”

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