“The sun was rising behind her now; she could feel the heat on her back, and it gave her courage.”
― The Princess Bride
― The Princess Bride
“What a comfort is this journal. I tell myself to myself and throw the burden on my book and feel relieved.”
― I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries, 1791-1840
― I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries, 1791-1840
“On Keeping a Journal.
Superficial to understand the journal as just a receptacle for one’s private, secret thoughts—like a confidante who is deaf, dumb, and illiterate. In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could do to any person; I create myself.
The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather—in many cases—offers an alternative to it.”
― Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
Superficial to understand the journal as just a receptacle for one’s private, secret thoughts—like a confidante who is deaf, dumb, and illiterate. In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could do to any person; I create myself.
The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather—in many cases—offers an alternative to it.”
― Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
“There’s only one opinion that counts. It’s your opinion. It may be wrong, but it’s yours and that’s the one that counts.”
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“My stake is always, of course, in the unmentioned girl in the plaid silk dress. Remember what it was to be me: that is always the point.”
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
― Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
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