It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love. It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him. What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that had flickered out.

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Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. - David Hare

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As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time. - David Hare

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Politics is just a function of business now, just a tributary of the great entrepreneurial capitalist system. - David Hare

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I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.

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Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

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Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature. - David Hare

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Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor. - David Hare

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Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity. - David Hare

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