“Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.”
― Ham on Rye
― Ham on Rye
“…I go through a story for lies. I might discover the lie of trying to show off. Sometimes they’re lies of character. Sometimes they are lies of writing the most beautiful sentence in the world that has nothing to do with the story.”
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“The facts of life do not penetrate to the sphere in which our beliefs are cherished; they did not engender those beliefs, and they are powerless to destroy them; they can inflict on them continual blows of contradiction and disproof without weakening them;”
― In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1: Swann's Way & Within a Budding Grove, Part 1
― In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1: Swann's Way & Within a Budding Grove, Part 1
“And still it was gone. Seeing it again could not be living it again. You can always rediscover an old path and wander over it, but the best yo an do then is say, 'Ah, yes, know this turning!' --or remind yourself that, while you remember that unforgettable valley, the valley no longer remembers you.”
― West with the Night
― West with the Night
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