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“Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true;
Real becomes not-real where the unreal's real.”
― The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
Real becomes not-real where the unreal's real.”
― The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
“Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark ... In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed."
[Still in Melbourne January 1987]”
― Daddy, We Hardly Knew You
[Still in Melbourne January 1987]”
― Daddy, We Hardly Knew You
“A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.”
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“The cunning waste their pains;
The wise men vex their brains;
But the simpleton, who seeks no gains,
With belly full, he wanders free
As drifting boat upon the sea.”
― The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
The wise men vex their brains;
But the simpleton, who seeks no gains,
With belly full, he wanders free
As drifting boat upon the sea.”
― The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
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