“In recalling my childhood I like to picture myself as a beehive to which various simple obscure people brought the honey of their knowledge and thoughts on life, generously enriching my character with their own experience. Often this honey was dirty and bitter, but every scrap of knowledge was honey all the same.”
― Maxim Gorky, My Childhood
Bonus Gorky
“The pleasure of living carries with it the obligation to die.”
― Maxim Gorky, Mother
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