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The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest. He is a fellow who thoroughly enjoys his work, just as people who enjoy bird walks enjoys theirs.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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Familiarity is the thing-the sense of belonging. It grants exemption from all evil, all shabbiness.
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No matter what changes take place in the world, or in me, nothing ever seems to disturb the face of spring.
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Children hold spring so tightly in their brown fists-just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts.
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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
Ignazio Silone
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Born:
July 11, 1899
Died:
October 1, 1985
(aged 86)
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