“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
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“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Memories saturate my heart and
the story of you spills from my eyes.
—Grace Andren”
― Speaking In Tears: The Poetry In Grief
the story of you spills from my eyes.
—Grace Andren”
― Speaking In Tears: The Poetry In Grief
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