Memory does not make films, it makes photographs.

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The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.

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Modern stupidity means not ignorance but the nonthought of received ideas.

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In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions.

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Beauty is a rebellion against time.

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The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

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You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.

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There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless.

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The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

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Merely by being born intelligent, you right away find yourself in absolute exile.

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