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I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience
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“I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.”
― When Did You See Her Last?
― When Did You See Her Last?
“There is no point in delaying crying. Sadness is like having a vicious alligator around. You can ignore it for only so long before it begins devouring things and you have to pay attention.”
― Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?
― Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?
“In suffering we find our truest selves.”
― The Miniaturist
― The Miniaturist
“That life - whatever else it is - is short. That fate is cruel but maybe not random. That Nature (meaning Death) always wins but that doesn’t mean we have to bow and grovel to it. That maybe even if we’re not always so glad to be here, it’s our task to immerse ourselves anyway: wade straight through it, right through the cesspool, while keeping eyes and hearts open. And in the midst of our dying, as we rise from the organic and sink back ignominiously into the organic, it is a glory and a privilege to love what Death doesn’t touch.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer.”
― When Did You See Her Last?
― When Did You See Her Last?
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