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Frankenstein
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Such a man has a double existence: he may suffer misery and be overwhelmed by disappointments, yet when he has retired into himself, he will be like a celestial spirit that has a halo around him, within whose circle no grief or folly
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“We want because we’re wanting . Both senses of the word. The lacking and the longing, all rolled into one. The more you find yourself wanting, the more you want.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“Some dreams aren't dreams at all, just another angle of physical reality.”
― Year of the Monkey
― Year of the Monkey
“Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
“I’m always amazed at how books find us at the time we need them, as if there’s some omniscient, benevolent librarian in the sky.”
― Black Swans
― Black Swans
“It’s only temporary: you either die, or get better. —Something we used to say about life in general, feeling sophisticated and amusing in bars, back in the days when we thought how you behaved was the fault of other people.”
― Black Swans: Stories
― Black Swans: Stories
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