“Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don’t stand a chance against it. It lets neglect and decay and monstrous injustice go unchecked. It doesn’t act, it allows. And that’s what gives it so much power.”
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“I died just as I came into the world: in total indifference.”
“E o resto que venha se vier, ou tiver que vir, ou não venha.”
“I get deeply tired because everything touches me, I am never indifferent.”
“A man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.”