“She entered his life without knocking, as one might step into the wrong room because of its vague resemblance to one’s own. She stayed there forgetting the way out and quietly getting used to the strange creatures she found there”
― The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
― The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
“Our life together was alliterative, and when I think of all the little things which will die, now that we cannot share them, I feel as if we were dead too. And perhaps we are. You see, the greater our happiness was, the hazier its edges grew, as if its outlines were melting, and now it has dissolved altogether. I have not stopped loving you; but something is dead in me, and I cannot see you in the mist … This is all poetry. I am lying to you. Lily-livered. There can be nothing more cowardly than a poet beating about the bush. I”
― The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
― The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
“Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought.”
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
“Forget me now, but remember me afterwards, when the bitter part is forgotten. This”
― The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
― The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
“That's the thing. Part of everything will always be forgettable. No matter how good or remarkable it is. It literally has to be. To be.”
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
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