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“Why did god create a dual universe?
So he might say
‘Be not like me. I am alone.'
And it might be heard.”
― House of Leaves
So he might say
‘Be not like me. I am alone.'
And it might be heard.”
― House of Leaves
“They needed to share one secret after another with a beautiful woman, to peel away layer after layer, mask after mask, and still find themselves worshiped.”
― Angels
― Angels
“Memories assailed him of how gently she had spoken, touched, and moved; of how she'd loved him fiercely despite his mistakes and obsessions and weaknesses. And the conviction descended on him that love like theirs couldn't possibly suffer any change.”
― Angels
― Angels
“In this twilight they were more imagined than seen, but I felt surrounded by the practitioners of a sacred mediocrity, an elegant mediocrity cloistering inaccessible tortures. I don't know quite how to put it. People, men, proud of their cliches yet full of helpless poetry.”
― The Name of the World
― The Name of the World
“Men reveal what they think when they look away, and what they feel when they hesitate. With women, it's the other way around”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
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