“… when she became not then half of memory became not and if I become not then all of remembering will cease to be.—Yes, he thought, between grief and nothing I will take grief.”
― If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem
― If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem
“I can see my reflection like that of an angel!
And I feel that I am dying, and, through the medium
Of art or of mystical experience, I want to be reborn,
Wearing my dream like a diadem, in some better land
Where beauty flourishes.”
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And I feel that I am dying, and, through the medium
Of art or of mystical experience, I want to be reborn,
Wearing my dream like a diadem, in some better land
Where beauty flourishes.”
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“The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity.”
― Requiem for a Nun
― Requiem for a Nun
“Remembrance, like Rembrandt, is dark but festive.”
― Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
― Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
“I was wrong. I admit it. I believed that there were things which still mattered just because they had mattered once. But I was wrong. Nothing matters but breath, breathing, to know and to be alive.”
― Absalom, Absalom!
― Absalom, Absalom!
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