“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
“Every beginning
is only a sequel, after all,
and the book of events
is always open halfway through.”
― Map: Collected and Last Poems
is only a sequel, after all,
and the book of events
is always open halfway through.”
― Map: Collected and Last Poems
“She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
― Contact
― Contact
“For myself I am too heavy, and for you too light.”
― Letters to Milena
― Letters to Milena
“Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
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