“And so tyranny naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme form of liberty?”

― Plato, The Republic

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“On the other hand, if you’re just starting out as a writer, you could do worse than strip your television’s electric plug-wire, wrap a spike around it, and then stick it back into the wall. See what blows, and how far. Just an idea.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Chastisement for errors past Wisdom brings to age at last.”

― Sophocles, Antigone

“The things we love destroy us every time”

― George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved.”

― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.”

― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“Even the tiger runs and hides when little Tabaqui goes mad, for madness is the most disgraceful thing that can overtake a wild creature.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one”

― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

“I don't want every one to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”

― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

“Symmetry is what we see at a glance; based on the fact that there is no reason for any difference”

― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

“my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.”

― James Joyce, Dubliners

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