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“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”
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“You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“Songs of longing!
And they will resound in my letters, just as they always have, sometimes loudly and sometimes secretly so that you alone can hear them… But they will also be different — different from how they used to be, these songs. For I have turned and found longing at my side, and I have looked into her eyes, and now she leads me with a steady hand.”
―from a letter to Lou Andreas-Salome”
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And they will resound in my letters, just as they always have, sometimes loudly and sometimes secretly so that you alone can hear them… But they will also be different — different from how they used to be, these songs. For I have turned and found longing at my side, and I have looked into her eyes, and now she leads me with a steady hand.”
―from a letter to Lou Andreas-Salome”
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“But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.”
― The Beatrice Letters
― The Beatrice Letters
“I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it.”
― Wuthering Heights
― Wuthering Heights
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