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It is one of the secrets in that change of mental poise which has been fitly named conversion, that to many among us neither heaven nor earth has any revelation till some personality touches theirs with a peculiar influence, subduing them
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“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“Suddenly it occurred to me that maybe the point of writing wasn't just to record something past but also to prolong the present, like in One Thousand and One Nights, to stretch out the time until the next thing happened.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“I was afraid, really, of being the main character in my own life. I choose to be someone that things happen to, because it was easier than being someone who made things happen.”
― Promising Young Women
― Promising Young Women
“Love looks through spectacles that make copper look like gold, poverty like riches, and tears like pearls.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
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