“Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” — Franz Kafka
“Love and work… work and love, that’s all there is.” — Sigmund Freud
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Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.” — Steven Pinker
“When we are not sure, we are alive.” — Graham Greene
1984 is worth a read
Conrad also wrote The Secret Sharer (oh Jay)
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck
From Russia… (with love, passion and ‘powerful’ prose)
