"It is always easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end."

-- Albert Camus

#Impossible Quotes #Logic Quotes #Bitter Quotes

“How can time be long or short? Time is without length or breadth. The question is, what happened during its passing. And what happened is, our lives have been joined together.”
“As wit is too hard for power in council, so power is too hard for wit in action.”
“One of greatest thieves this world has is procrastination, and he is still at large. Are we aiding and abetting the criminal?”
“The important thing to realize is that while we may not escape our own basic pattern, we can work in harmony with it. That is where free will comes in. Once having chosen, a man has to accept the consequences of his choice, and go on from there.”
“Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere.”
“I would have done anything for him. Maybe that was my sickness.”
“What you think is what you get.”
“How strange it was that a dream, once realized, could quickly turn mundane.”

Source : Maggie Shipstead (2014). “Astonish Me: A novel”, p.102, Vintage

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