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“I am not one and simple, but complex and many.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
“and as they stood in silence before her, prayed again. "Nothing is altered and in spite of God's mercy I am still alone. Though my suffering seems senseless I am still in agony. There is no explanation of my life." Indeed there was not, nor was this what he'd meant to convey. "Please let Yvonne have her dream -- dream? -- of a new life with me -- please let me believe that all that is not an abominable self-deception," he tried... "Please let me make her happy, deliver me from this dreadful tyranny of self. I have sunk low. Let me sink lower still, that I may know the truth. Teach me to love again, to love life." That wouldn't do either... "Where is love? Let me truly suffer. Give me back my purity, the knowledge of the Mysteries, that I have betrayed and lost. -- Let me be truly lonely, that I may honestly pray. Let us be happy again somewhere, if it's only together, if it's only out of this terrible world. Destroy the world!" he cried in his heart.”
― Under the Volcano
― Under the Volcano
“We live as we dream - alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“I am not well; I could have built the Pyramids with the effort it takes me to cling on to life and reason.”
― Letters to Felice
― Letters to Felice
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