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“The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind”

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Elias Canetti, born on July 25, 1905 and died on August 14, 1994, was a renowned novelist from Bulgaria. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature. more

“Freud taught us that it wasn't God that imposed judgment on us and made us feel guilty when we stepped out of line. Instead, it was the superego - that idealized concept of what a good person is supposed to be and do - given to us by our parents, that condemned us for what had been hitherto regarded as ungodly behavior.”

Feels Persons Made Given Parent Lines Taught Behavior Judgment Concepts Guilty Supposed To Be Good Person Taught Us Superego

Author:Tony Campolo

“I would take anything I love and throw it off the highest cliff you ever saw and not wait to hear it bounce.”

Waiting Saws Highest Cliffs Bounce

Book:Across the River and Into the Trees

Source: Across the River and Into the Trees

“What art thou Faustus, but a man condemned to die?”

Men Art Dies Faustus

Book:Doctor Faustus: With The English Faust Book

Source: Doctor Faustus: With The English Faust Book

“Those whom God wishes to destroy he drives mad.”

Wish Mad

Book:War and Peace: Top 100 Classic Novels

Source: War and Peace: Top 100 Classic Novels

“I hate handing over money to people for doing what I could just as easily do myself, it makes me nervous.”

People Hate I Hate Nervous Handing Over

Book:the bell jar

Source: the bell jar

“Did not learned men, too, hold, till within the last twenty-five years, that a flying dragon was an impossible monster? And do we not now know that there are hundreds of them found fossil up and down the world? People call them Pterodactyles: but that is only because they are ashamed to call them flying dragons, after denying so long that flying dragons could exist.”

People Knows Men World Years Long Lasts Found Five Impossible Twenties Monsters Flying Five Years Ashamed Dragons Fossils Up And Down Twenty Five

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Charles Kingsley (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Kingsley (Illustrated)

“Where you come from does matter -- but not nearly as much as where you are headed.”

Doe Matter Travel Where You Are Where You Come

Author:Jodi Picoult

“We're always contradicting ourselves. We want people to tell us apart.... ...yet we don't want them to be able to. We want people to get to know us... ...but we also want them to keep their distance. We've always longed for someone to accept us... But we never believed there'd be anyone who would accept our twisted ways. That's why we'll stay locked up tight... ...in our own little private world... ...and throw away the key, so that no one can ever hurt us.”

People Knows World Way Want Littles Able Hurt Accepting Keys Distance Locked Twisted Locked Up Contradicting

Author:Bisco Hatori

“Our duty to the whole, including the unborn generations, bids us to restrain an unprincipled present-day minority from wasting the heritage of these unborn generations. The movement for the conservation of wildlife and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method.”

Source: The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places

“Break a leg up there, and I'll be down here hopefully breaking someone elses.”

Break Legs Hopefully Break A Leg Breaking Someone

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

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