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“Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I鈥檇 be happier on a horse,鈥� Makin said.
鈥淚鈥檇 be happier on a giant mountain goat,鈥� I said. 鈥淥ne that shat diamonds. Until we find some, we鈥檙e walking.”
― King of Thorns
鈥淚鈥檇 be happier on a giant mountain goat,鈥� I said. 鈥淥ne that shat diamonds. Until we find some, we鈥檙e walking.”
― King of Thorns

“Let those who wish have their respectability- I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful, the joyous, and the romantic.”
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“In learning a language, when from mere words we reach the laws of words, we have gained a great deal. But if we stop at that point and concern ourselves only with the marvels of the formation of a language, seeking the hidden reason of all its apparent caprices, we do not reach that end, for grammar is not literature鈥� When we come to literature, we find that, though it conforms to the rules of grammar, it is yet a thing of joy; it is freedom itself. The beauty of a poem is bound by strict laws, yet it transcends them. The laws are its wings. They do not keep it weighed down. They carry it to freedom. Its form is in law, but its spirit is in beauty. Law is the first step toward freedom, and beauty is the complete liberation which stands on the pedestal of law. Beauty harmonizes in itself the limit and the beyond 鈥� the law and the liberty.”
― Sadhana
― Sadhana

“The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be able to relax, must never be quite sure if they have followed the rules correctly or not.”
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
― Hitch 22: A Memoir

“Looking back on my life, I sigh. The caprice of youth goes with the wind, I鈥檝e no regrets.”
― Rooftop Soliloquy
― Rooftop Soliloquy

“The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law.”
― Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
― Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays

“A caprice is handled like a stew, and the pepper is added at the last minute.”
― Monsieur V茅nus
― Monsieur V茅nus

“I saw exactly one picture of Marx and one of Lenin in my whole stay, but it's been a long time since ideology had anything to do with it. Not without cunning, Fat Man and Little Boy gradually mutated the whole state belief system into a debased form of Confucianism, in which traditional ancestor worship and respect for order become blended with extreme nationalism and xenophobia. Near the southernmost city of Kaesong, captured by the North in 1951, I was taken to see the beautifully preserved tombs of King and Queen Kongmin. Their significance in F.M.-L.B. cosmology is that they reigned over a then unified Korea in the 14th century, and that they were Confucian and dynastic and left many lavish memorials to themselves. The tombs are built on one hillside, and legend has it that the king sent one of his courtiers to pick the site. Second-guessing his underling, he then climbed the opposite hill. He gave instructions that if the chosen site did not please him he would wave his white handkerchief. On this signal, the courtier was to be slain. The king actually found that the site was ideal. But it was a warm day and he forgetfully mopped his brow with the white handkerchief. On coming downhill he was confronted with the courtier's fresh cadaver and exclaimed, 'Oh dear.' And ever since, my escorts told me, the opposite peak has been known as 'Oh Dear Hill.'
I thought this was a perfect illustration of the caprice and cruelty of absolute leadership, and began to phrase a little pun about Kim Jong Il being the 'Oh Dear Leader,' but it died on my lips.”
― Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
I thought this was a perfect illustration of the caprice and cruelty of absolute leadership, and began to phrase a little pun about Kim Jong Il being the 'Oh Dear Leader,' but it died on my lips.”
― Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays

“They spoil every romance by trying to make it last for ever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.”
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“When caprice and conviction are found together, they are always indissolubly wed to folly.”
― The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
― The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

“I insist on caprice as a necessary countermeasure to slavery. Otherwise, my own dictatorial mind must take -- unknown to me -- its instructions from a mastermind.”
― The Boy in His Winter: An American Novel
― The Boy in His Winter: An American Novel

“Our lives are getting more scheduled all the time, there's no room for caprice, and caprice is the core of man, or should be the tiny happy nucleus around which his mundane tasks can be assembled.”
― Remembrance: Selected Correspondence of Ray Bradbury
― Remembrance: Selected Correspondence of Ray Bradbury
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