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  • Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision.

  • Every moment of one’s existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.

  • “I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for.

  • Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.



  • There are four stages in a marriage. First there's the affair, then the marriage, then children and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce.

  • Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming back and back and back to the same question and never get an answer.

  • Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.



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