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The Horla
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Au lieu de conclure par ces simples mots : «Je ne comprends pas parce que la cause m'échappe», nous imaginons aussitôt des mystères effrayants et des puissances surnaturelles.
“Not everything about the Wind was bad. Sometimes it blew through the little voids and crevices of the Statues and caused them to sing and whistle in surprising ways; I had never known the Statues to have voices before and it made me laugh for sheer delight.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“had a long drink of water. It was delicious and refreshing (it had been a cloud only hours before).”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“When I was born, the word for what I was did not exist.”
― Circe
― Circe
“In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows. In my mind are all the halls, the endless procession of them, the intricate pathways. When this world becomes too much for me, when I grow tired of the noise and the dirt and the people, I close my eyes and I name a particular vestibule to myself; then I name a hall.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“He was another knife I could feel it. A different sort, but a knife still. I did not care. I thought: give me the blade. Some things are worth spilling blood for.”
― Circe
― Circe
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