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This explains the fact that we generally find pleasure to be not nearly so pleasant as we expected, and pain very much more painful.
“What doth it profit a man to gain the whole world if he suffer the loss of his immortal soul?”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.”
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“The Wanderer
What is she like?
I was told—
she is a
melancholy soul.
She is like
the sun to the night;
a momentary gold.
A star when dimmed
by dawning light;
the flicker of
a candle blown.
A lonely kite
lost in flight—
someone once
had flown.”
― Love & Misadventure
What is she like?
I was told—
she is a
melancholy soul.
She is like
the sun to the night;
a momentary gold.
A star when dimmed
by dawning light;
the flicker of
a candle blown.
A lonely kite
lost in flight—
someone once
had flown.”
― Love & Misadventure
“Never stop wandering into wonder.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“No little part of the torment of existence lies in this, that Time is continually pressing upon us, never letting us take breath, but always coming after us, like a taskmaster with a whip. If at any moment Time stays his hand, it is only when we are delivered over to the misery of boredom.”
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
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