"No matter how much a young man likes to think for himself, he is always trying to model himself on some abstract pattern largely derived from the example of the world around him. And a man, no matter how conservative, shows his own worth by his personal deviation from that pattern."

-- Cesare Pavese

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.”
“If I read too much or know too much it's not because I want to talk about it, it's only because it's interesting for me.”
“The pain over my heart returns, and from it I imagine tiny fissures spreading out into my body. Through my torso, down my arms and legs, over my face, leaving it crisscrossed with cracks. One good jolt...and I could shatter into strange razor-sharp shards.”
“Writing books is one of the ways that human beings deal with loss, especially when you don't have religious consolation available.”

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“The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness....”
“I read The Conspiracy Against the Human Race and found it incredibly powerful writing. For me as a reader, it was less impactful as philosophy than as one writers ultimate confessional: an absolute horror story, where the self is the monster.”
“Power never takes two weeks off. Power takes long weekends.”
“My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand.”

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