“First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. The leaden circles dissolved in the air.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
“So he was deserted. The whole world was clamouring: Kill yourself, kill yourself, for our sakes. But why should he kill himself for their sakes? Food was pleasant; the sun hot; and this killing oneself, how does one set about it, with a table knife, uglily, with floods of blood, - by sucking a gaspipe? He was too weak; he could scarcely raise his hand. Besides, now that he was quite alone, condemned, deserted, as those who are about to die are alone, there was a luxury in it, an isolation full of sublimity; a freedom which the attached can never know.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
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