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There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations–these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit–immortal horrors or everlasting splendours.

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from (a sermon delivered June 8, 1941)
Kevin Smith added this on 5/12/2010 at 11:57 am
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At last I came to the conclusion—incredible as it seemed—that she supposed herself still capable of attracting them and was trying to do so. She was a thing that had become incapable of conceiving conversation save as a means to that end.

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from , p. 79 [source link]
Kevin Smith added this on 5/11/2010 at 8:00 am
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