Claudia B
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“Even broken in spirit as he is, no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of nature. The starry sky, the sea, and every sight afforded by these wonderful regions, seems still to have the power of elevating his soul from earth. Such a man has a double existence: he may suffer misery, and be overwhelmed by disappointments; yet, when he has retired into himself, he will be like a celestial spirit that has a halo around him, within whose circle no grief or folly ventures.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“That the things in life which don't go to plan are usually more important, more formative, in the long run, than the things that do”
― I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death
― I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death
“We are, all of us, wandering about in a state of oblivion, borrowing our time, seizing our days, escaping our fates, slipping through loopholes, unaware of when the axe may fall.”
― I Am, I Am, I Am
― I Am, I Am, I Am
“The aim of life is self-development. To realise one's nature perfectly-that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to one's self. Of course they are charitable. They feed the hungry, and clothe the beggar. But their own souls starve, and are naked.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The people who teach us something retain a particularly vivid place in our memories.”
― I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
― I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
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