

“de satan ou de dieu, qu'importe! ange ou sirène,
qu'importe, si tu rends -- fée aux yeux de velours,
rythme, parfum, lueur, ô mon unique reine! --
l'univers moins hideux et les instants moins lourds?”
― Les Fleurs du Mal
qu'importe, si tu rends -- fée aux yeux de velours,
rythme, parfum, lueur, ô mon unique reine! --
l'univers moins hideux et les instants moins lourds?”
― Les Fleurs du Mal

“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”
― The American Crisis
― The American Crisis

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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