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Virginia Woolf
“What was it then? What did it mean? Could things thrust their hands up and grip one; could the blade cut; the fist grasp? Was there no safety? No learning by heart of the ways of the world? No guide, no shelter, but all was miracle, and leaping from the pinnacle of the tower into the air? Could it be, even for elderly people, that this was life?—startling, unexpected, unknown? For one moment she felt that if they both got up, here, now on the lawn, and demanded an explanation, why it was so short, why was it so inexplicable, said it with violence, as two fully equipped human beings from whom nothing should be hid might speak, then, beauty would roll itself up; the space would fill; those empty flourishes would form into shape; if they shouted loud enough Mrs. Ramsay would return. “Mrs. Ramsay!” she said aloud, “Mrs. Ramsay!” The tears ran down her face.”
Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf
“What does the brain matter compared with the heart?”
Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

Milan Kundera
“What we have not chosen we cannot consider either to our merit or our failure.”
Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Oscar Wilde
“Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.”
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

George Orwell
“Why was it that they could never shout like that about anything that mattered?”
George Orwell, 1984

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