Quotes from work

The Joke

“I understood that there was no escaping the memories, that I was surround by them. (p.30)”

“I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be.”

“Optimism is the opium of the people.”

“People who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all.”

“No act is of itself either good or bad. Only its place in the order of things makes it good or bad.”

“Nothing is more repugnant to me than brotherly feelings grounded in the common baseness people see in one another.”

“No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.”