Cheryl Lim
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“Even broken in spirit as he is, no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of nature. The starry sky, the sea, and every sight afforded by these wonderful regions, seems still to have the power of elevating his soul from earth. Such a man has a double existence: he may suffer misery, and be overwhelmed by disappointments; yet, when he has retired into himself, he will be like a celestial spirit that has a halo around him, within whose circle no grief or folly ventures.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
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Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: the refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. If you can lick them, join them. If it hurts, repeat it. But to praise despair is to condemn delight, to embrace violence is to loose hold of everything else.”
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: the refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. If you can lick them, join them. If it hurts, repeat it. But to praise despair is to condemn delight, to embrace violence is to loose hold of everything else.”
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
“It is safer to search in the maze than to remain in a cheeseless situation”
― Who Moved My Cheese?
― Who Moved My Cheese?
“All beliefs are worth examining. The key is to
notice your beliefs, and test them – not necessarily discard them.”
― Out of the maze
notice your beliefs, and test them – not necessarily discard them.”
― Out of the maze
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