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Trevanian quotes: We all desire to be understood, but no one enjoys being obvious.

We all desire to be understood, but no one enjoys being obvious.

Trevanian quotes: Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech.

Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech.

Trevanian quotes: And he recalled the ancient adage: Who must do the harsh things? He who can.

And he recalled the ancient adage: Who must do the harsh things? He who can.

Trevanian quotes: It is revealing of the American culture that its prototypic hero is the cowboy: an uneducated, boorish, Victorian migrant agricultural worker.

It is revealing of the American culture that its prototypic hero is the cowboy: an uneducated, boorish, Victorian migrant agricultural worker.

Trevanian quotes: Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double-entry accounting.

Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double-entry accounting.

Trevanian quotes: In seeming contradiction of physical laws, time is heavy only when it is empty.

In seeming contradiction of physical laws, time is heavy only when it is empty.

Trevanian quotes: Obtuseness was its own defense

Obtuseness was its own defense

Trevanian quotes: No one really likes Switzerland, except those who prefer cleanliness to life.

No one really likes Switzerland, except those who prefer cleanliness to life.

Trevanian quotes: Niceness is an overrated quality. Being nice is how a man pays his way into a party if he hasn't the guts to be tough or the class to be

Niceness is an overrated quality. Being nice is how a man pays his way into a party if he hasn't the guts to be tough or the class to be brilliant.

Trevanian quotes: Pass through knowledge to arrive at simplicity.

Pass through knowledge to arrive at simplicity.

Trevanian quotes: However, little by little, I am coming to the view that what I mistook for humility was, in fact, an accurate evaluation of your worth.

However, little by little, I am coming to the view that what I mistook for humility was, in fact, an accurate evaluation of your worth.