“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
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“War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man.”
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“I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.”
― The Collected Poems
― The Collected Poems
“They spoke very little of their mutual feeling; pretty phrases and warm expressions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
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