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“It could only be the record of what had to be done and what, no doubt, would have to be done again, against the terror and its indefatigable weapons, despite their own personal hardships, by all men who, not being saints but refusing to give way to pestilence, do their best to be doctors.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“I crawled back into bed and pulled the sheet over my head. But even that didn't shut out the light, so I buried my head
under the darkness of the pillow and pretended it was night. I couldn't see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward
to.”
― The Bell Jar
under the darkness of the pillow and pretended it was night. I couldn't see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward
to.”
― The Bell Jar
“I can hear them already: "Our dead...". Then they'll go and have dinner.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“It was dark in the corridor, they were standing near the lamp. For a minute they were looking at one another in silence. Razumihin remembered that minute all his life. Raskolnikov's burning and intent eyes grew more penetrating every moment, piercing into his soul, into his consciousness. Suddenly Razumihin started. Something strange, as it were, passed between them.... Some idea, some hint as it were, slipped, something awful, hideous, and suddenly understood on both sides... Razumihin turned pale.
"Do you understand now?" said Raskolnikov, his face twitching nervously. "Go back, go to them," he said suddenly, and turning quickly, he went out of the house.”
― Crime and Punishment
"Do you understand now?" said Raskolnikov, his face twitching nervously. "Go back, go to them," he said suddenly, and turning quickly, he went out of the house.”
― Crime and Punishment
“It wasn't the shock treatment that struck me, so much as the bare-faced treachery of Doctor Nolan. I liked Doctor Nolan, I loved her, I had given her my trust on a platter and told her everything, and she had promised, faithfully, to warn me ahead of time if ever I had to have another shock treatment.
If she had told me the night before I would have lain awake all night, of course, full of dread and foreboding, but by
morning I would have been composed and ready. I would have gone down the hall between two nurses, past DeeDee and
Loubelle and Mrs. Savage and Joan, with dignity, like a person coolly resigned to execution.”
― The Bell Jar
If she had told me the night before I would have lain awake all night, of course, full of dread and foreboding, but by
morning I would have been composed and ready. I would have gone down the hall between two nurses, past DeeDee and
Loubelle and Mrs. Savage and Joan, with dignity, like a person coolly resigned to execution.”
― The Bell Jar
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