“This surely is the way to be, I thought to myself, that one should take hold of those one loves most and simply look into their eyes for a long time, or perhaps, for eternity.”
― A Month in Siena
― A Month in Siena
“Montaigne was right in believing that the mere presence of his books around him had an effect on his mind and character, that their patient availability made certain thoughts and modes of thinking possible or more likely.”
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“To love makes one solitary, she thought.”
― Mrs Dalloway
― Mrs Dalloway
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Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.
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