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“There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die.”
― Wolf in White Van
― Wolf in White Van
“We are never real historians, but always near poets, and our emotion is perhaps nothing but an expression of a poetry that was lost.”
― The Poetics of Space
― The Poetics of Space
“Oh no.' Straight raised his eyes to me, and a slight smile touched the corners of his lips. 'A philosophy of life is more terrible than syphilis and people - you have to give them credit - take every precaution not to become infected. Especially by a philosophy of life.”
― Memories of the Future
― Memories of the Future
“Don't do it, Eleanor told the little girl; insist on your cup of stars; once they have trapped you into being like everyone else you will never see your cup of stars again; don't do it; and the little girl glanced at her, and smiled a little subtle, dimpling, wholly comprehending smile, and shook her head stubbornly at the glass. Brave girl, Eleanor thought; wise, brave girl.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
“This is why people cry at the movies: because everybody’s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way. Their fate has already staked its claim on them from the moment they appear onscreen.”
― Wolf in White Van
― Wolf in White Van
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