“And then it was, that grief and pain made themselves known to me as never before. Note this, because I knew the full absurdity of Fate and Fortune and Nature more truly than a human can bear to know it. And perhaps the description of this, brief as it is, may give consolation to another. The worst takes its time to come, and then to pass. The truth is, you cannot prepare anyone for this, nor convey an understanding of it through language. It must be known. And this I would wish on no one in the world.”
― Pandora
― Pandora
“Here then - the after math of meaning. A lifetime finished between the space of two frames.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
“Well, when you're fourteen years old, you can't afford to mix in a rock fight with your five-year-old brother. You can't do it, even when you're in the right. You just can't explain a thing like that to your folks. All they'll do is point out how much bigger you are, how unfair it is to your little brother.”
― Old Yeller
― Old Yeller
“Fabre looked up, his mobile face composed. "Good-bye," he said. "Georges-Jacques--study law. Law is a weapon.”
― A Place of Greater Safety
― A Place of Greater Safety
“And with love, ambitions!”
― The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
― The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
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