“I didn't know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of the throat and I'd cry for a week.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
“I am not even an atheist so much as an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful. Reviewing the false claims of religion I do not wish, as some sentimental materialists affect to wish, that they were true. I do not envy believers their faith. I am relieved to think that the whole story is a sinister fairy tale; life would be miserable if what the faithful affirmed was actually true.... There may be people who wish to live their lives under cradle-to-grave divine supervision, a permanent surveillance and monitoring. But I cannot imagine anything more horrible or grotesque.”
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“The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“His eyes were dimmed with tears, and, looking humbly up to heaven, he wept for the innocence he had lost.”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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