Shifa
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“He could think in italics. Such people need watching.
Preferably from a safe distance.”
― Men at Arms
Preferably from a safe distance.”
― Men at Arms
“Too much joy, I swear, is lost in our desperation to keep it.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“I am by nature an inward man, he said silently into the disconnected phone. I have struggled, in my fashion, to find my way towards an appreciation of the high things, towards a small measure of fineness. On good days I felt it was within my grasp, somewhere within me, somewhere within. But it eluded me. I have become embroiled, in things, in the world and in its messes, and I cannot resist. The grotesque has me, as before the quotidian had me, in its thrall”
― The Satanic Verses
― The Satanic Verses
“And the existence is tedious, anyway; it is a senseless, dirty business, this life.”
― Uncle Vanya
― Uncle Vanya
“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
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