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Lydia liked having a sacred cupboard within herself, to which only she was allowed access.
“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Submit to me."
So she said nothing, but looked doggedly and sadly at the shore, wrapped in its mantle of peace; as if the people there had fallen alseep, she thought; were free like smoke, were free to come and go like ghosts. They have no suffering there, she thought.”
― To the Lighthouse
So she said nothing, but looked doggedly and sadly at the shore, wrapped in its mantle of peace; as if the people there had fallen alseep, she thought; were free like smoke, were free to come and go like ghosts. They have no suffering there, she thought.”
― To the Lighthouse
“She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach where Laila's footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed, swelled and crashed. ”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“The earth has its music for those who will listen”
― Fireside Fancies
― Fireside Fancies
“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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