『 fools 』

[determine]

“They had never struggled, and only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.”


“Did you ever dream you had a friend, Alec? Someone to last your whole life and you his. I suppose such a thing can’t really happen outside sleep.”


“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

“Why can't we be friends now?" said the other, holding him affectionately. "It's what I want. It's what you want." But the horses didn't want it — they swerved apart: the earth didn't want it, sending up rocks through which riders must pass single file; the temple, the tank, the jail, the palace, the birds, the carrion, the Guest House, that came into view as they emerged from the gap and saw him beneath: they didn't want it, they said in their hundred voices "No, not yet," and the sky said "No, not there.”

“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”


“Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.”


“Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.”