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“I have always found that actively loving
saves one from a morbid preoccupation
with the shortcomings of society.”
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saves one from a morbid preoccupation
with the shortcomings of society.”
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“The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.”
― Nightwood
― Nightwood
“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.”
― Notebooks, 1935-1951
― Notebooks, 1935-1951
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