“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.”
― Four Quartets
― Four Quartets
“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”
― Eragon
― Eragon
“By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep. If this is the case, then I commend you for falling into my trap. It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of his books. It goes back to authors being terrible people who delight in the suffering of others. Plus, we get a kickback from the caffeine industry...”
― Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
― Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
“Footfalls echo in the memory, down the passage we did not take, towards the door we never opened, into the rose garden.”
― Four Quartets
― Four Quartets
“let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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