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“A pretty sight, a lady with a book.”
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
“Sometimes all it takes is just one sentence. Just one sentence, and there you are, part of something that has been part of you since the beginning, whenever that might rightly be. The source, yes, you can feel it thrumming and surging, and it’s such a relief, to feel you are made of much more than just yourself, that you are only a rind really, a rind you should take care of yet mustn’t get too attached to, that you mustn’t be afraid to let melt away now and then.”
― Checkout 19
― Checkout 19
“Holding someone's hand was always my idea of joy. Often before falling asleep - in that small struggle not to lose consciousness and enter the greater world - often, before having the courage to go toward the greatness of sleep, I pretend that someone is holding my hand and I go, go toward the enormous absence of form that is sleep. And when even then I can't find the courage, then I dream.”
― The Passion According to G.H.
― The Passion According to G.H.
“I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort”
― A Hora da Estrela
― A Hora da Estrela
“Do you ever suddenly find it strange to be yourself?”
― A Breath of Life
― A Breath of Life
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