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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.

I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.

One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

It wasn’t until ’94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn’t about the money.

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves.

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.