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“One could be happy not only without love, but despite it.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“He came out of nothingness, took form, was loved, was always bound to return to nothingness.”
― Lincoln in the Bardo
― Lincoln in the Bardo
“You overrate my capacity of love. I don't posess half the warmth of nature you believe me to have. An unprotected childhood in a cold world has beaten gentleness out of me.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“I think it's a lovely hallucination but I love it sorta.”
― The Dharma Bums
― The Dharma Bums
“What I mean to say is, we had been considerable. Had been loved. Not lonely, not lost, not freakish, but wise, each in his or her own way. Our departures caused pain. Those who had loved us sat upon their beds, heads in hand; lowered their faces to tabletops, making animal noises. We had been loved, I say, and remembering us, even many years later, people would smile, briefly gladdened at the memory.”
― Lincoln in the Bardo
― Lincoln in the Bardo
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