Duality Quote by Jack London

“...though leaving him always to remark, portentously, on his probably having formed a relation, his probably enjoying a consciousness, unique in the experience of…

— Henry James

“As often happens between people who have chosen different ways, each of them, while rationally justifying the other's activity, despised it in his heart.…

— Leo Tolstoy

“His life now had only the one side, the bright side; he had achieved this with great effort. Yet deep down, he knew that…

— Dörthe Binkert

“He had long been outside of the world of simple desires and their fulfillments, and he was inept and uncertain.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Within each of us are two competing sides, a polarity of character. Only one leads to greatness.”

— Lolly Daskal

“He grasped at a prescient feeling, akin to the dialectic of dreams, that this reunion could never come to pass, yet somehow--it most definitely…

— Kenzaburō Ōe

“Instead of giving a firm foundation for setting the conscience of man at rest forever, Thou didst choose all that is exceptional, vague and…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“He composed himself inwardly. Sparing the world his awkwardness, hiding vulnerability. Preserving his pride.”

— Julie Anne Long

“He tried to keep on the right side of power, tried to be loyal to so many things that he himself couldn't tell which…

— Kiran Desai

“He spoke of many things, he seemed anxious before the moment of death to say everything he had not said in his life, and…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“He hadn't yet had enough experience with humans to know that the thing they hold dearest to their hearts, the last thing they relinquish…

— Gregory Maguire

“He had often felt anguish before, and it would be no wonder if it came at such a moment, when he was preparing, the…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky