Chimera Quote by Carson McCullers

“justice itself is a chimera, a delusion. Justice is not a flat yardstick, applied in equal measure to an equal situation.”

Carson McCullers

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Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men?

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Language is the only chimera whose illusory power is endless, the inexhaustibility which keeps life from being impoverished. Let men learn to serve language.

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