“When two people part, it is the one who is not in love who makes the tender speeches.”
― How Proust Can Change Your Life
― How Proust Can Change Your Life
“and that's the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going into every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.”
― For One More Day
― For One More Day
“See how small your are next to the mountains. Accept what is bigger that you and what you do not understand. The world may appear illogical to you, but it does not follow that it is illogical per se. Our life is not the measure of all things: consider sublime places a reminder of human insignificance and frailty.”
― The Art of Travel
― The Art of Travel
“But I think the thing that takes
me the most courage is realizing that as many oceans as I
might cross, the stupid simple truth will always be on the
other side.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
me the most courage is realizing that as many oceans as I
might cross, the stupid simple truth will always be on the
other side.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
“Things are so convenient for us these days, our perceptions are probably that much duller. Even if its the same moon hanging in the sky, we may be looking at something quite different. Four hundred years ago, we might have had richer spirits that were closer to nature.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
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