“What is the meaning of life? That was all- a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark; here was one.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“With relief, with humiliation, with terror, he understood that he too was a mere appearance, dreamt by another.”
― Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
― Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
“Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.”
― Orlando
― Orlando
“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
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