De Profundis
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It is only when one has lost all things, that one knows that one possesses it.
“There isn't anyone out there who isn't Seymour's Fat Lady.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
“Sleep tight, ya morons!”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“The only people I would care to be with now are artists and people who have suffered: those who know what beauty is, and those who know what sorrow is: nobody else interests me.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing--I'm sorry, I would rather not go on.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
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