“Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.”
― Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe in 15 Einzelbänden
― Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe in 15 Einzelbänden
“And in this passion for understanding her soul lay close to his; she had him all to herself. But he must be made abstract first.”
― Sons and Lovers
― Sons and Lovers
“The truth is that personality inevitably bleeds into all forms of our intellectual life. We all extrapolate from our own lives in order to understand the world.”
― The Shaking Woman, or A History of My Nerves
― The Shaking Woman, or A History of My Nerves
“Don’t just teach your children to read…
Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything.”
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Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything.”
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“No one could possibly understand my purest feelings but I couldn't care less; My deepest yearnings are nobody's goddamn business anyway”
― Missin' (Novel)
― Missin' (Novel)
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