"I belong to a generation - assuming that this generation includes others besides me - that lost its faith in the gods of the old religions as well as in the gods of modern nonreligions. I reject Jehova as I reject humanity."

-- Fernando Pessoa

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“Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and do a lot of thinking about what's happened - almost to calm themselves.”
“Whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously aware.”
“No, I don't think a 68-year-old copywriter . . . can write with the kids. That he's as creative. That he's as fresh. But he may be a better surgeon. His ad may not be quite as fresh and glowing as the Madison Ave. fraternity would like to see it be, and yet he might write an ad that will produce five times the sales. And that's the name of the game, isn't it?”
“The sane understand that human beings are incapable of sustaining conspiracies on a grand scale, because some of our most defining qualities as a species are inattention to detail, a tendency to panic, and an inability to keep our mouths shut.”
“I actually think I may be possessed with demons, I was dropped on my head as a kid.”
“As a journalist, your job is to bear witness.”

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“Simple things don't interest me.”
“Thank you for answering the call to be teachers. Thank you for the enduring impression you've made in the lives you have touched.”

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