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The Road
by
He knew only that the child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.
“Who says paper worlds
Are an escape from what is real?
As though the lives trapped in their binding
Are not ones that make you feel.
For sometimes our greatest lessons
Come from those with ink for skin,
Who reach beyond the page
To take our hand and pull us in.”
―
Are an escape from what is real?
As though the lives trapped in their binding
Are not ones that make you feel.
For sometimes our greatest lessons
Come from those with ink for skin,
Who reach beyond the page
To take our hand and pull us in.”
―
“the desire to be near the beloved object is at first not due to the idea of possessing it, but simply to let the two experiences compare themselves, like reflections in different mirrors... For from here love degenerates into habit, possession, and back to loneliness.”
― The Alexandria Quartet
― The Alexandria Quartet
“There are only three things to be done with a woman’ said Clea once. ‘You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.”
― The Alexandria Quartet
― The Alexandria Quartet
“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
― Educated
― Educated
“It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you.”
― Educated
― Educated
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