He had an odd double impression of being exactly where he belonged, and where he’d never belonged, of intense familiarity and of separateness.
“How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become?”
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“Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“No … because they are just husbands. I am Evelyn Hugo. And anyways, I think once people know the truth, they will be much more interested in my wife.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“the knowledge that everything can change in an instant, that something which cannot happen and which we absolutely do not expect, is nonetheless a possibility. That time stands still. That gravity is suspended. That the logic of the world and the laws of nature break down. That we are forced to acknowledge that our expectations about the constancy of the world are on shaky ground. There are no guarantees and behind all that we ordinarily regard as certain lie improbable exceptions, sudden cracks and inconceivable breaches of the usual laws.”
― On the Calculation of Volume I
― On the Calculation of Volume I
“I love that. I love when people love what they do,”
― Atmosphere
― Atmosphere
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