"To want to meet an author because you like his books is as ridiculous as wanting to meet the goose because you like pate de foie gras."

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Arthur Koestler

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“But now, you are twain, you are cloven apart Flesh of his flesh, but heart of my heart.”
“Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity, and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give support?”
“As long as there's Big Momma, we're going to bring you comedy.”

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“This Christmas mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize. Try to understand. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little more. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love, and then speak it again.”
“Stop!' I cried imploringly to my god-like mind.”

Source : John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.411, LSU Press
“You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt.”
“Some of the fans look at me as a villain or not a nice guy for some reason. I don't feel like that's the case, personally.”

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“A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.”

Source : Joseph Fort Newton (1937). “Living Every Day: A Book of Faith, Philosophy, and Fun,”

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