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“Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“We travel because we know we will come home and when we do, home is the same but we are changed and that changes everything.”
― The Perils of Being Moderately Famous [Paperback] [Dec 01, 2017] Soha Ali Khan
― The Perils of Being Moderately Famous [Paperback] [Dec 01, 2017] Soha Ali Khan
“Life is full of contradictions. We crave security and independence in equal measures.”
― Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me
― Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me
“God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of "parties" with no purpose, despite the false grinning faces we all wear. And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter - they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long. Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship - but the loneliness of the soul in its appalling self-consciousness is horrible and overpowering.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“growing older is all about learning and passing it on, otherwise there is no reason for biological evolution to keep us alive after our reproductive years are over.”
― Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me
― Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me
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