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John is a physician, and perhaps—(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)—perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!
“...the past is in us, and not behind us. Things are never over.”
― The Turning
― The Turning
“Things that have form will all disappear. But certain feelings stay with us forever.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
“It’s how I fill the time when nothing’s happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.”
― Breath
― Breath
“Maybe it's all utterly meaningless. Maybe it's all unutterably meaningful. If you want to know which, pay attention to what it means to be truly human in a world that half the time we're in love with and half the time scares the hell out of us. Any fiction that helps us pay attention to that is religious fiction. The unexpected sound of your name on somebody's lips. The good dream. The strange coincidence. The moment that brings tears to your eyes. The person who brings life to your life. Even the smallest events hold the greatest clues.”
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“Later that morning the memorial service for his friend Bruce Chatwin was to be held at the Orthodox church on Moscow Road in Bayswater.”
― Joseph Anton: A Memoir
― Joseph Anton: A Memoir
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