“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
― Bluebeard's Egg
― Bluebeard's Egg
“Goals are the source of misery. An unattained goal causes pain, but actually achieving it brings only a brief satisfaction.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“We humans might have evolved too far. The price for being intelligent enough to be the first species to be fully aware of the cosmos might just be a capacity to feel a whole universe’s worth of darkness.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“There is this idea that you either read to escape or you read to find yourself.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
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