Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
“I've been hurting most of my life. I tried to pretend I wasn't. I even believed my own lie. I've lived my entire life trying to avoid pain...That's a terrible way to live. I don't care any more if it hurts...If I'm working on a painting, and it doesn't hurt, then the painting won't matter. And if it doesn't matter, then it isn't real—then I'm not real...I have a new theory...if I develop a great capacity for feeling pain, then I am also developing a great capacity for feeling happiness.”
― Last Night I Sang to the Monster
― Last Night I Sang to the Monster
“And yet, every time she fingered the pinecone ballerina, she felt the same as those prisoners had done.”
― The Toymakers
― The Toymakers
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