But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment the one bein

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite. – Honore de Balzac

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I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like Im in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way I really feel about life – or the way it has presented to me. And because it has presented to me very beautifully, this is hard. It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations. – George Saunders

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