“I slide to my knees and say, "Please let this be over." Then, I'm not ready for it to be over.”
― Open
― Open
“Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.”
― The Emperor's Handbook
― The Emperor's Handbook
“In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don't want what I know and want what I don't know.”
― The Letters of Marsilio Ficino, Vol. 3
― The Letters of Marsilio Ficino, Vol. 3
“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important. Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.”
― Conversations with James Baldwin
― Conversations with James Baldwin
“And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
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