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"Even from this distance, Smita could see the awful, irregular geometry of Meena's face as past and present, normalcy and deformity, beauty and monstrosity, collided." — Oct 18, 2026 06:18AM
"Even from this distance, Smita could see the awful, irregular geometry of Meena's face as past and present, normalcy and deformity, beauty and monstrosity, collided." — Oct 18, 2026 06:18AM
“She should have done science, not spent all her time with her head in novels. Novels gave you a completely false idea about life, they told lies and they implied there were endings when in reality there were no endings, everything just went on and on and on.”
― Case Histories
― Case Histories
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Eleonora
― Eleonora
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