“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done, ' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'”
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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
