Sunday, July 10, 2011

Sunday Punch

Quotes from a week of reading on the beach:

“The first duty of a friend is to preserve illusion.” — Anatol, by Arthur Schnitzler

“Fasting makes the body cave in; hence the spirit caves in; and all thoughts born of a fast must necessarily be half-starved.” — said by Ishmael in Moby Dick

“[He] had the natural self-confidence that many misinterpret as a leadership quality. In his case, this confidence was based solely on being blessed with total blindness to his own shortcomings, a quality which would inevitably take him to the top….” — Nemesis, by Jo Nesbo

“Humans are the only living creatures to practice revenge.” — Nemesis

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