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When you get used to that kind of life—of never having anything you want—then you stop knowing what it is you want.”
“It was lunacy, this idea, that I could sleep myself into a new life. Preposterous. But there I was, approaching the depths of my journey”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“It's as if all the tears I cried were there for a reason, slowly watering my mind to allow for something beautiful to grow in place of the pain.”
― A Way Out: A Memoir of Conquering Depression and Social Anxiety
― A Way Out: A Memoir of Conquering Depression and Social Anxiety
“Life is one revelation after another. Things don’t always go to plan, no matter what your circumstances. But the flip side is all the unexpected, wonderful things that you could never have imagined happening. Ultimately it’s all for the best that many things don’t turn out the way we hoped.”
― What You Are Looking for is in the Library
― What You Are Looking for is in the Library
“You may say that it was the book, but it’s how you read a book that is most valuable, rather than any power it might have itself.”
― What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
― What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
“They were floating, almost at one with the darkness, reflecting no light. Their footsteps could not be heard. But their breathing could, and perhaps the heart. They mingled with other almost inaudible nocturnal stirrings, like a small vibration in long wires.”
― The Ice Palace
― The Ice Palace
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