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..it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed. It is the unsacrificed self that we must respect in man above all.

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You can fake virtue for an audience. You can’t fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives ru...more

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When they lay in bed together it was—as it had to be, as the nature of the act demanded—an act of violence. It was surrender, made the more complete b...more

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Men hate passion, any great passion. Henry Cameron made a mistake : he loved his work. That was why he fought. That was why he lost.

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She found a dark satisfaction in pain—because that pain came from him.

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I’m not capable of suffering completely. I never have. It goes only down to a certain point and then it stops. As long as there is that untouched poin...more

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The faces stood out, separate, lonely, no two alike. Behind each, there were the years of a life lived or half over, effort, hope and an attempt, hone...more

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I’ll listen if you want me to... But I think I should tell you now that nothing you can say will make any difference. If you don’t mind that, I don’t ...more

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The unrecognized genius—that’s an old story. Have you ever thought of a much worse one—the genius recognized too well? ... That a great many men are p...more

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The audience looked at him. They felt he had no chance. They could drop the nameless resentment, the sense of insecurity which he aroused in most peop...more

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And she thought, with a vicious thrill, of what these people would do if they read her mind in this moment; if they knew that she was thinking of a ma...more

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...Is it an inspiring sight to see a man commit a heroic gesture, and then learn that he goes to vaudeville shows for relaxation? Or see a man who’s p...more

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His face was like a law of nature—a thing one could not question, alter or implore. It had high cheekbones over gaunt, hollow cheeks; gray eyes, cold ...more

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She saw the faces streaming past her, the faces made alike by fear—fear as a common denominator, fear of themselves, fear of all and of one another, f...more

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She saw the faces streaming past her, the faces made alike by fear—fear as a common denominator, fear of themselves, fear of all and of one another, f...more