“You will walk differently alone, dear, through a thicker atmosphere, forcing your way through the shadows of chairs, through the dripping smoke of the funnels. You will feel your own reflection sliding along the eyes of those who look at you. You are no longer insulated; but I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it.”
― Tender Is the Night
― Tender Is the Night
“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.”
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“But nevertheless, the fact remained, it was almost impossible to dislike anyone if one looked at them.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”
― Dune
― Dune
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