True literature should rouse the reader, unsettle him, change his view of the world, give him a resolute … - Félix J. Palma

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The meaning of conservatism is not that it impedes movement forward and upward, but that it impedes movement backwards and downwards—to chaotic darkness and the return to a primitive state.

Félix J. Palma

True literature should rouse the reader, unsettle him, change his view of the world, give him a resolute push over the cliff of self-knowledge

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Writers perform an extremely important role: they make others dream, those who are unable to dream for themselves. And everyone needs to dream. Could there be any more important job in life than that?

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If Wells recognized any merit in [Henry] James, it was his undeniable talent for using very long sentences in order to say nothing at all. p. 516

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I'm convinced the true history of our time isn't what we read in newspapers or books. . . True history is almost invisible. It flows like an underground spring. It takes place in the shadows, and in silence, George. And only a chosen few know what that history is.

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. . . there are so many books left to read. For that reason alone it is worth going on living. Books make me happy, the help me escape from reality.

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The most terrifying thing is sometimes not what we see, but rather what we are forced to imagine.

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Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging things. . . people staring at me, people asking rude questions, dealing with media, stuff like that.

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What experience and history teach is this - that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on any lessons they might have drawn from it. Variant: What experience and history teach is this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.

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Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.

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The meaning of conservatism is not that it impedes movement forward and upward, but that it impedes movement backwards and downwards—to chaotic darkness and the return to a primitive state.

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A successful person allows his results to speak for him, not his mouth.

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