It is one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however…

Graham Greene
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It is one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of exhilaration; there are always comparisons which can be made with worse times: even in danger and misery the pendulum swings. ✨ Graham Greene (1971). The Power and the Glory, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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