Светила

Ему было присуще тайное, глубоко личное высокомерие, надежная основа уверенности в себе, что не нуждается ни в доказательствах,  ни в обьяснении.

Излив душу, ты тем самым получаешь подспудное право на чужое признание.

We observe that one of the great attributes of discretion is that it can mask ignorance of all the most common and lowly varieties...

Tauwhare could not respect a man who treated land as though it was just another kind of currency. Land could not be minted! Land could only be lived upon, and loved.

...it is a feature of human nature to give what we most wish to receive

For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing to do, by what he might have said, or might have done—a judgment that is necessarily hampered, not only by the scope and limits of his imagination, but by the ever-changing measure of his doubt and self-esteem.

What’s family shame, without a family?

Самотою ліпше втішатися в компанії. Особливо в компанії єдиної близької душі. Як страшно почуватися самотнім особливо наодинці з самим собою. Я люблю це відчуття, але тільки тоді, коли я - не сам.

Нрав человеческий — это капризное сочетание восприятия и обстоятельств