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“...throw roses into the abyss and say: 'here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive.”
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“If you are always frightened for yourself you can't act, and then life loses its purpose. You just have to tell yourself that, when you get right down to it, you don't matter all that much.”
― The Elf Queen of Shannara
― The Elf Queen of Shannara
“I remember making that vow, the one not to forget. Not to remember what happened, but to remember who I was and how I felt.”
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“I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, and, what is worse, no ambition. Something – the eternal ‘what’s the use?’ – sets its bronze barrier across every avenue that I open up in the realm of hypothesis.”
― Flaubert in Egypt
― Flaubert in Egypt
“Everything he had ever done that had been better left undone. Every lie he had told — told to himself, or told to others. Every little hurt, and all the great hurts. Each one was pulled out of him, detail by detail, inch by inch. The demon stripped away the cover of forgetfulness, stripped everything down to truth, and it hurt more than anything.”
― Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
― Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
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