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“One circumstance tormented me then: Namely, that no one else was like me, and I was like no one else. I am only one, and they are all.”

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

A renowned Russian novelist and a pioneer of psychological novels. His works deeply reveal the complexity of human nature and the injustice of society, having a profound impact on literature worldwide. more

“It's strange how the human mind swings back and forth, from one extreme to another. Does truth lie at some point of the pendulum's swing, at a point where it never rests, not in the dull perpendicular mean where it dangles in the end like a windless flag, but at an angle, nearer one extreme than another? If only a miracle could stop the pendulum at an angle of sixty degrees, one would believe the truth was there.”

Ifs Mind Believe Humans Mean Doe Ends Lying Strange Degrees Miracle Extremes Dull Human Mind Flags Swings Sixty Angle Back And Forth Pendulums

Author:Graham Greene

“Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.”

Knows World Shows Jealousy Jealous Dislike

Book:DON JUAN

Source: DON JUAN

“I think a duet with Janet is a great idea.”

Thinking Ideas Great Idea Duets

Author:Paula Abdul

“The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart.”

Men Heart Turns Jesus Shock

Author:Peter Kreeft

“[P]eople need to use their intelligence to evaluate what they find to be true and untrue in the Bible. This is how we need to live life generally. Everything we hear and see we need to evaluate—whether the inspiring writings of the Bible or the inspiring writings of Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, or George Eliot, of Ghandi, Desmond Tutu, or the Dalai Lama.”

Needs Writing Use Being True Live Life Evaluate Untrue Lama Dalai Eliot Inspiring Writing

Author:Bart D. Ehrman

“Whoever said men hit harder when women are around, is right. Word for word, we beat the love out of each other.”

Men Said Beats Harder Right Words

Book:Pleasure Dome: New and Collected Poems

Source: Pleasure Dome: New and Collected Poems

“So, having found a lady, could you not have come to her aid, or left her alone? Why drag her into your foolishness?' 'Love,' he explained. She looked at him with eyes the blue of the sky. 'I hope you choke on it,' she said, flatly.”

Said Eye Found Left Sky Blue Aids Drag Foolishness Choke

Book:Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust #3

Source: Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust #3

“Myrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a person’s bookcase and their grocery cart, she’d pretty much know who they were.”

Ifs Knows Looks Persons Felt Hours Looking Good Groceries Carts Browsing Bookcases Happy Hour

Book:The Chief Inspector Gamache Series

Source: The Chief Inspector Gamache Series

“For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.”

Love Faces Company Loneliness Solitude True Love Crowds Real Friends Gallery No Love Cymbals

Author:Francis Bacon

“So that’s our approach. Very simple, and we’re really shooting for Museum of Modern Art quality. The way we’re running the company, the product design, the advertising, it all comes down to this: Let’s make it simple. Really simple.” Apple’s design mantra would remain the one featured on its first brochure: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

Way Firsts Art Running Simple Quality Company Modern Design Products Approach Ultimate Simplicity Advertising Shooting Apples Museums Mantras Sophistication Modern Art Product Design Brochures

Book:Steve Jobs

Source: Steve Jobs

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