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“You are all a lost generation.”

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Gertrude Stein, an American writer born on February 3, 1874, and died on July 27, 1946. She is renowned for her unique writing style and her influence on modernist literature. more

“The human mind appears suddenly and inexplicably out of some unknown and unimaginable void. It passes half its known life in the mental chaos of sleep. Even when awake it is a victim of its own ill-adjustment, of disease, of age, of external suggestion, of nature's compulsions; it doubts its own sensations and trusts only in instruments and averages.”

Mind Humans Age Sleep Half Known Doubt Disease Victim Instruments Chaos Average Ill Awake Sensations Human Mind Void Suggestions Compulsion Adjustment Unimaginable

Book:The Haunted Bookshop

Source: The Haunted Bookshop

“Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself....His task was to discover his own destiny - not an arbitrary one - and to live it out wholly and resolutely within himself. Everything else was only a would-be existence, an attempt at evasion, a flight back to the ideals of the masses, conformity and fear of one's own inwardness.”

Men Way Would Be Work Existence Destiny Mass Ideals Tasks Genuine Flight Conformity Vocation Arbitrary Synchronicity Evasion

Author:Hermann Hesse

“Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him!”

Men Seems Fun Entertaining Motto Helplessness Unconquerable

Book:The Haunted Bookshop

Source: The Haunted Bookshop

“Fear is the loneliest feeling. You can be in a throng of people, but if you're afraid, you're on your own.”

People Ifs Feelings

Author:Michelle Paver

“Vengeance burns,Torak." said Fin-Kedinn as the river bore him away. "It burns your heart. It makes the pain worse. Dont let that happen to you.”

Heart Said Happens Pain Rivers Bores Vengeance Fins

Author:Michelle Paver

“Sometimes there's no warning. Nothing at all.”

Sometimes Warning

Author:Michelle Paver

“Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people.”

People Men Passion Hatred Grateful Sickness Frightening Be Grateful Malice

Book:Demolished Man

Source: Demolished Man

“If a man's got talent and guts to buck society, he's obviously above average. You want to hold on to him. You straighten him out and turn him into a plus value. Why throw him away? Do that enough and all you've got left are the sheep.”

Ifs Men Want Enough Values Turns Left Talent Average Guts Plus Sheep Bucks Above Average

Book:The Demolished Man

Source: The Demolished Man

“Eight, sir; seven, sir; Six, sir; five, sir; Four, sir; Three, sir; Two, sir; one! Tenser, said the Tensor. Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, And dissension have begun.”

Said Two Three Five Four Six Seven Eight Tension Apprehension Dissension

Book:The Demolished Man

Source: The Demolished Man

“We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.”

Has Beens Raised Craving

Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

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