But till Lord Rama ‘manifested’ himself inside the Babri Masjid, all moves had sought to construct the temple at Ramachabutara, an elevated platform outside the inner courtyard of the mosque. Only after the idols were placed inside did the
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“I saw the world from the stars' point of view, and it looked unbearably lonely.”
― We Are the Ants
― We Are the Ants
“A phenomenon that a number of people have noted while in deep depression is the sense of being accompanied by a second self — a wraithlike observer who, not sharing the dementia of his double, is able to watch with dispassionate curiosity as his companion struggles against the oncoming disaster, or decides to embrace it. There is a theatrical quality about all this, and during the next several days, as I went about stolidly preparing for extinction, I couldn't shake off a sense of melodrama — a melodrama in which I, the victim-to-be of self-murder, was both the solitary actor and lone member of the audience.”
― Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
― Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
“When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.”
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“The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
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