“He spoke of...the people who had once made up the circle of the old countess' contemporaries, who had once been an actual, living, definite circle, but who now, mostly scattered over the world, were living out their time, as she was, gleaning the remaining ears of what they had sown in their lives.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“Aunt March is a regular samphire, is she not?' observed Amy, tasting her mixture critically. `She means vampire, not seaweed, but it doesn't matter. It's too warm to be particular about one's parts of speech, ' murmured Jo.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“You know, one of the hardest things to admit is that we weren’t loved when we needed it most. It’s a terrible feeling, the pain of not being loved.”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient
“I wanted to be missed, like water, like bread, like air, by all other people in all other places.”
― The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
― The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
“You become increasingly comfortable with madness - and not just the madness of others, but your own. We’re all crazy, I believe, just in different ways.”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient
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