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“I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
“We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall, and in our hearts we know that we, too, are transitory and will soon disappear. When artists create pictures and thinkers search for laws and formulate thoughts, it is in order to salvage something from the great dance of death, to make something last longer than we do.”
― Narcissus and Goldmund
― Narcissus and Goldmund
“Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.”
― Narcissus and Goldmund
― Narcissus and Goldmund
“They slept profoundly, desperately, greedily, as though for the last time, as though they had been condemned to stay awake forever and had to drink in all the sleep in the world during these last hours. ”
― Narcissus and Goldmund
― Narcissus and Goldmund
“Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
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