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“Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.”

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Anatole France, a renowned French poet, was born on April 16, 1844, and passed away on October 12, 1924. His poetry has been highly regarded in the French literary world, known for its unique style and profound connotations. more

“I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to accomplish in this world except to wait for death. Searching for the word in darkness. Any little success invades me and puts me in full view of everyone. I long to wallow in the mud. I can scarcely control my need for self-abasement, my craving for licentiousness and debauchery. Sin tempts me, forbidden pleasures lure me. I want to be both pig and hen, then kill them and drink their blood.”

Source: The Hour of the Star

“[He] fell right into the oldest conviction in the world-- that the girl you are in love with can't possibly be anything but true and honest.”

World Girl Honest Conviction

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“Maybe we all have in us a secret pond where evil and ugly things germinate and grow strong. But this culture is fences, and the swimming brood climbs up only to fall back. Might it not be that in the dark pools of some men the evil grows strong enough to wriggle over the fence and swim free? Would not such a man be our monster, and are we not related to him in our own hidden water? It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.”

“There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension.”

Ugly Condescension East Of Eden Condescension And

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else.”

Thinking Men Want Mean Doe Speak

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“Well, every little boy thinks he invented sin. Virtue we think we learn, because we are told about it. But sin is our own designing.”

Thinking Wells Littles Sin Boys Virtue Design Little Boys

Book:Novels, 1942-1952

Source: Novels, 1942-1952

“I am sifting my memories, the way men pan the dirt under a barroom floor for the bits of gold dust that fall between the cracks. It's small mining-- small mining. You're too young a man to be panning memories, Adam. You should be getting yourself some new ones, so that the mining will be richer when you come to age.”

Men Way Should Age Young Fall Bits Memories Gold Dust Cracks Adam Dirt Mining Sifting Gold Dust

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“But 'Thou mayest!'! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his murder of his brother he has still the great choice. He can choose his course and fight it through and win”

Men Giving Stills Choices Fighting Courses Winning Brother Weakness Murder Eden Stature Filth East Of Eden

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“Whatever. Boris, must you constantly breathe on me?”

Breathe

Book:Princess in the Middle

Source: Princess in the Middle

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