"The Winter of Our Discontent" Quotes
A man's moral decay and struggle for integrity in a changing world.
classics | 336 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or discontent.
I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.
I hold a beast, an angel, and a madman in me.
When a condition or a problem becomes too great, humans have the protection of not thinking about it. But it goes inward and minces up with a lot of other things already there and what comes out is discontent and uneasiness, guilt and a compulsion to get something--anything--before it is all gone.
I think a man can only understand himself by continually re-creating his life. The only intelligent way to live is by not accepting a thing unless you understand it.
I am alone here in my own mind. There is no map and there is no road. It is one of a kind, and it is mine.
People are proud, and they don't want to give in. They want to keep up their way of life, and they'll fight you if you want to change them.
We're always looking for something better, and while we're looking for it, we're missing everything else.
A man can't be a traitor to his own self.
I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?





