“It was solitude, but it was solitude that wasn't lonely. Solitude that could sort things out. And he hadn't had that in ages.”
― More Than This
― More Than This
“The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“It had never occurred to him until then to think that literature was the best plaything that had ever been invented to make fun of people...”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“Real life is only ever just real life. Messy. What it means depends on how you look at it. The only thing you’ve got to do is find a way to live there.”
― More Than This
― More Than This
“People ask for what they need in different ways. Sometimes by not even asking for it at all.”
― More Than This
― More Than This
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