“What gave you this idea of an imperfect god?'
'I don't know. It seems quite feasible to me. That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not a redemption, who saves nothing, fulfills no purpose--a god who simply is.”
― Solaris
'I don't know. It seems quite feasible to me. That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not a redemption, who saves nothing, fulfills no purpose--a god who simply is.”
― Solaris
“It occured to Starling how much Roden would benefit from an elbow smash in the hinge of his jaw.”
― The Silence of the Lambs
― The Silence of the Lambs
“But the face on the pillow, rosy in the firelight, is certainly that of Clarice Starling, and she sleeps deeply, sweetly, in the silence of the lambs.”
― The Silence of the Lambs
― The Silence of the Lambs
“Does love always form, like a pearl, around the hardened bits of life?”
― The Story of a Marriage
― The Story of a Marriage
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