Julia Saenz
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“Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.”
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“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
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“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.”
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