“...The sublime feeling is not mere pleasure as taste is – it is a mixture of pleasure and pain... Confronted with objects that are too big according to their magnitude or too
violent according to their power, the mind experiences its own limitations.”
― Peregrinations: Law, Form, Event (Wellek Library Lectures
violent according to their power, the mind experiences its own limitations.”
― Peregrinations: Law, Form, Event (Wellek Library Lectures
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?”
― The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 1
― The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 1
“No one expected me. Everything awaited me.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“... Desire baffles knowledge and power.”
― Driftworks
― Driftworks
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