THE NP CHRONICLE : 9TH FEBRUARY

               The NP Chronicle 
                    9th February 
"When all else fails, philosophize."
                         -- J. M. Coetzee 

"We must cultivate, all of us,  a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable."
                         -- J. M. Coetzee 

"Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt."
                         -- J. M. Coetzee 

"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth."
                         -- Fyodor Dostoevsky 

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."
                         -- Fyodor Dostoevsky 

Today is:
▪︎ Chocolate Day
▪︎ International Epilepsy Day
▪︎ National Toothache Day
▪︎ Birth anniversary of J. M. Coetzee, and Nicole Faria.
▪︎ Death anniversary of Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Tom Robbins.

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