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“She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth
“As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch. What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath.”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“And you'll always love me won't you?
Yes
And the rain won't make any difference?
No”
― A Farewell to Arms
Yes
And the rain won't make any difference?
No”
― A Farewell to Arms
“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private library.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
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