“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
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“I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.”
― Groucho and Me
― Groucho and Me
“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Eleonora
― Eleonora
Gemma’s 2025 Year in Books
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