“As he caught his footing, his head fell back, and the Milky Way flowed down inside him with a roar.”
― Snow Country
― Snow Country
“It's a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.”
― Hedda Gabler
― Hedda Gabler
“Am I sure? Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth.”
― Dream Story
― Dream Story
“That's peace - real peace. To come to the end - not to have to go on... Yes, peace.”
― And Then There Were None
― And Then There Were None
“Standing at this border where land and water meet, watching the seemingly endless recurrence of the waves (though this eternity is in fact illusion: the earth will one day vanish, everything will one day vanish), the fact that our lives are no more than brief instants is felt with unequivocal clarity.”
― The White Book
― The White Book
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