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"So many good quotes (should be public) but still a lot of needlessly dense and theoretical passages." — Jul 09, 2026 08:57PM
"So many good quotes (should be public) but still a lot of needlessly dense and theoretical passages." — Jul 09, 2026 08:57PM
the world always exceeds our conception of it. Despite this, we can still pursue changed worlds.
“No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“As we are a doomed race, chained to a sinking ship, as the whole thing is a bad joke, let us, at any rate, do our part; mitigate the suffering of our fellow-prisoners; decorate the dungeon with flowers and air-cushions; be as decent as we possibly can.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“Are we so made that we have to take death in small doses daily or we could not go on with the business of living?”
― Orlando
― Orlando
“One cannot bring children into a world like this. One cannot perpetuate suffering, or increase the breed of these lustful animals, who have no lasting emotions, but only whims and vanities, eddying them now this way, now that.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“Gentrifiers focus on aesthetics, not people. Because people, to them, are aesthetics.”
― The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior
― The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior
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