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Pascal Mercier Quotes: We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game. And there is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others
         

We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game. And there is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others


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Given that we can live only a small part of what there is in us -- what happens with the rest?

Given that we can live only a small part of what there is in us -- what happens with the rest?



We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.

We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.



We are stratified creatures, creatures full of abysses, with a soul of inconstant quicksilver, with a mind whose color and shape change as in a kaleidoscope that is constantly shaken.

We are stratified creatures, creatures full of abysses, with a soul of inconstant quicksilver, with a mind whose color and shape change as in a kaleidoscope that is constantly shaken.



When dictatorship is a fact, revolution is a duty!

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution is a duty!



Life is not what we live; it is what we imagine we are living.

Life is not what we live; it is what we imagine we are living.



Loyalty... A will, a decision, a resolution of the soul.

Loyalty... A will, a decision, a resolution of the soul.



A feeling is no longer the same when it comes the second time. It dies through the awareness of its return. We become tired and weary of our feelings when they come too often and last too long.

A feeling is no longer the same when it comes the second time. It dies through the awareness of its return. We become tired and weary of our feelings when they come too often and last too long.



There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent. There was no greater distinction between people.

There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent. There was no greater distinction between people.



But when we set out to understand somebody’s inside? Is that a trip that ever ends? Is the soul a place of facts? Or are the alleged facts only the deceptive shadows of our stories?

But when we set out to understand somebody’s inside? Is that a trip that ever ends? Is the soul a place of facts? Or are the alleged facts only the deceptive shadows of our stories?



So, the fear of death might be described as the fear of not being able to become whom one had planned to be.

So, the fear of death might be described as the fear of not being able to become whom one had planned to be.





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Ground the main character in stupidity. Hire a good cast and a good crew.



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Very unfairly, there's a negative image of the kid, which really stems from the greed and selfishness of the NBA and NCAA. They're forcing these kids to go to school.



And this is something I must accept - even if, like acid on metal, it is slowly corroding me inside.

And this is something I must accept - even if, like acid on metal, it is slowly corroding me inside.



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Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life.




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