

“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’â€� that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden

“What has always made the state a hell on earth has been precisely that man has tried to make it heaven.”
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“I have need of angels. Enough hell has swallowed me for too many years. But finally understand this--I have burned up one hundred thousand human lives already, from the strength of my pain.”
― Lettres à Génica Athanasiou
― Lettres à Génica Athanasiou
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