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Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“To speak of it would be giving importance to that which has none.”

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Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and thinker, a prominent representative of 19th-century Russian literature. His works deeply revealed social contradictions and human nature, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“Had the cub thought in man-fashion, he might have epitomized life as a voracious appetite, and the world as a place wherein ranged a multitude of appetites, pursuing and being pursued, hunting and being hunted, eating and being eaten, all in blindness and confusion, with violence and disorder, a chaos of gluttony and slaughter, ruled over by chance, merciless, planless, endless.”

Men World Might Chance Violence Fashion Eating Chaos Endless Confusion Disorder Appetite Hunting Multitudes Blindness Pursued Slaughter Gluttony Hunted Cubs

Book:White Fang

Source: White Fang

“He had no conscious knowledge of death, but like every animal of the Wild, he possessed the instinct of death. To him it stood as the greatest of hurts. It was the very essence of the unknown; it was the sum of the terrors of the unknown, the one culminating and unthinkable catastrophe that could happen to him, about which he knew nothing and about which he feared everything.”

Happens Hurt Animal Conscious Essence Instinct Terror Possessed Catastrophe Unthinkable

Book:The Call of the Wild and White Fang

Source: The Call of the Wild and White Fang

“They were not half living, or quarter living. They were simply so many bags of bones in which sparks of life fluttered faintly.”

Half Bones Bags Sparks Quarters

Book:Jack London Six Pack

Source: Jack London Six Pack

“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.”

Feels Understanding Imagination Doubt Stupid Ignorance Evolution Filled Painful Stupidity Certainty Our Time Indecision Painful Things

Book:The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

“Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.”

Inspirational Sometimes Hands Journey Travel Sexy Reaching Allowing Reach Out Insperational

Author:Vera Nazarian

“I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness.” - Jem Carstairs”

People Believe Goodness Believe You Can Jem Jem Carstairs Clockwork Angel

Author:Cassandra Clare

“How can I play baseball when I'm worried about foreign policy?”

Play Policy Baseball Worried Foreign Policy

Author:Charles M. Schulz

“If a book were written all in numbers, it would be true. It would be just. Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together. But underneath the words, at the center, like the center of the Square, it all came out even. Everything could change, yet nothing would be lost. If you saw the numbers you could see that, the balance, the pattern. You saw the foundations of the world. And they were solid.”

Ifs World Said Book Would Be Together Lost Numbers Saws Written Balance Foundation Patterns Being True Ran Staying Squares Twisted Fitting Fitting Together

Author:Ursula K. Le Guin

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