“Alone dwells every man and everyone mocks everyone else, and a deserted island is our pain.”
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)
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Swiss writer 1895–1981Related quotes
“If everyone could feel everyone else’s pain, who would torture?”
Source: Parable of the Sower (1993), p. 115
“In today’s world, the security of every one of us is linked to that of everyone else.”
Truman Library address (2006)
“Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?”
“Some, in getting ahead of everyone, are winning themselves the desert.”
Algunos, adelantándose a todos, van ganando el desierto.
Voces (1943)
“The desert is not an island: the island is not enchanted: and the desert is no habitation for men.”
"To speak about the soul"
“Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep.”
Source: Triton (1976), Chapter 3 “Avoiding Kangaroos” (p. 54)
