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Indignation
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"Indignation" Quotes

A young man struggles with sexual repression and societal expectations while attending a conservative college in 1950s America.

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Fear is the mother of morality.

Philip Roth

fearmorality

The point of living is to know that one is alive, and to do it on purpose.

Philip Roth

lifepurpose

There's no reason to be sad. On the contrary, we should be glad.

Philip Roth

positive thinking

Happiness is not 'being loved,' but loving.

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happinesslove

Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive.

Philip Roth

life

No one gets the better of life.

Philip Roth

lifeadversity

What interests us is the nature of the strange forces that lead a young man to his doom.

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fate

There's no such thing as a mistake. There are things you do, and things you don't do.

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wisdomchoice

The only thing that makes life endurable is the consciousness of the helplessness of one's condition.

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lifehelplessness