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“How awful!” said Bill. “Why do you do it?” “Oh, because it gives one such a noble feeling to suffer for one’s silhouette.
“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”
― Vertigo
― Vertigo
“Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“If you love books enough, books will love you back.”
― Among Others
― Among Others
“the whole purpose of civilization is to take the surprises out of life, so one can be bored to death”
― The Pirates of Ersatz
― The Pirates of Ersatz
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