A great man doesn’t seek to lead. He’s called to it. And he answers. And if your answer is no, you’ll still be the only thing I ever needed you to be. My son.
– Duke Leto Atreides I, Dune (2021)
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It is a tragedy, perhaps, that human beings can get so much energy and enthusiasm from hate. If you want to feel ten feet tall and as though you could run a hundred miles without stopping, hate beats pure cocaine any day.
— Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?
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L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.Ce qui est tellement joli n’est pas pour les yeux.
Something that lovely is not for the eyes.– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence.
– part of a letter from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to Natalie Paley