"Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life."

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Source : The Awakening ch. 38 (1899)

Kate Chopin

#Suffering Quotes #Wake Up Quotes #Dupes Quotes

“Having one king, one god, one belief, they can act single-mindedly.”
“Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle.”
“Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.”
“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.”
“Freddie Bryant is a brilliant young guitarist and composer.”
“I grew up in a very responsible, social, Democratic community, and destruction was a bad word. But, in California, destruction is a rad word. The juxtaposition of the two is really what made me into who I am today, in my battles with how fun it is to be bad, and how wrong it is to be bad.”
“Ah, Evie,â€ she heard him say softly, â€œI must have a heart, after allâ€¦because right now it aches like the devil.â€ â€œOnly your heart?â€ she asked ingenuously, making him laugh. He lowered her to the bed, his eyes sparkling wickedly. â€œAlso a few other things,â€ he conceded. â€œAnd as my wife, itâ€™s your duty to ease all my aches.”
“I don't think I'd be a good director because people would ask me, you know, "What is it? What's going on here? Where should I put the camera?" Or, "What's my motivation?" And I would say, "Do whatever you want!"”

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