The Bell Jar
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“Long relationships might be richer, but relatively brief, relatively uncomplicated encounters with interesting people could be lovely as well. Every person you knew, every person you loved even, did not have to consume you for the time to have been worthwhile.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“Misfortune is needed to plumb certain mysterious depths in the understanding of men; pressure is needed to explode the charge. My captivity concentrated all my faculties on a single point. They had previously been dispersed, now they clashed in a narrow space; and, as you know, the clash of clouds produces electricity, electricity produces lightning and lightning gives light.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“Be happy, noble heart. Be blessed for all the good you have done and will yet do. Let my gratitude remain hidden in the shadows like your good deeds.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“Sad, really, as they were both rather exceptional people, for whom the world had reserved its harshest treatment.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“he looked up with the satisfied air of a man who thinks he has made a discovery when he has commented on someone else’s idea,”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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