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The Poetics of Space by Bachelard Gaston (2014-12-30) Paperback

by Gaston Bachelard

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Basic Cinematography: A Creative Guide to Visual Storytelling

by Kurt Lancaster

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Film Art: An Introduction

by David Bordwell

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“He strips me of my last nakedness, that underskin of mauve, pearlized satin, like a skinned rabbit; then dresses me again in an embrace so lucid and encompassing it might be made of water. And shakes over me dead leaves as if into the stream I have become.”
― Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

tags: the-erl-king

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“Your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind.”
― Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain

tags: abandonment, loss, loss-of-love, love

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“To everyone harboring their own fire and to everyone lost in the dark. May you see the sun again.”
― N.D. Stevenson, The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures

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“You do not deserve this' he said.
'Who can say what I deserve or no?' I said. 'I've done nothing; but that may be sufficient reason for condemning me”
― Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

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“She now saw life as an open wound. A shallow promise. A dark thing that should have loved her but instead tried to drown her.”
― Nikita Gill, Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul

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