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Her hatred for Phaedria, the rage she felt at her continuing presence in her life and at the threat of her intrusion into her work, was not easing; it accompanied her wherever she went, a dark presence, like some physical growth.
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J.G. Ballard
“I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.”
J.G. Ballard

Kate Chopin
“The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.”
Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Henry Adams
“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.”
Henry Adams

Jeffrey Eugenides
“Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.”
Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

Virginia Woolf
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

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