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As a child he had often thought of killing himself, but those were sentimental reveries born a wish to punish his father and mother and other enemies. Truman Capote
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "Sticks and stones may break your bones, but watch out for..."
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but watch out for those damn words. Chuck Palahniuk
Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, But which will bloom most constantly? Emily Bronte
Yukio Mishima quote: "Human life is limited but I would like to live forever."
Human life is limited but I would like to live forever. Yukio Mishima
William Shakespeare quote: "And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love."
And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. William Shakespeare
Andrew Marvell quote: "Had we but world enough, and time ..."
Had we but world enough, and time ... Andrew Marvell
All men and women are born, live suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things, and what we do to make them come about... We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of... Joseph Epstein
There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question. Carl Sagan
You couldn’t begin to imagine who I am, where I’m going, or what I’m about to do, All of you are trapped here. You can’t go anywhere, forward or back. But I’m not like you. I have work to do. I have a mission to accomplish. And so, with your permission, I shall move ahead. Haruki Murakami
Everybody who says the same words is the same person if the spectra are the same only they happen differently in time, you dig? But the time is arbitrary. You pick your zero point anywhere you want, that way you can shuffle each person’s time line sideways till they all coincide. Thomas Pynchon
It’s like the grief has been covered over with some kind of blanket. It’s still there, but the sharpest edges are .. muffled, sort of. Then, ever now and then, I lift the corner of the blanket just to check, and .. whoa! Like a knife! I’m not sure that will ever change. Anne Tyler
There is child abuse, and there are such things as repressed memories. But there are also such things as false memories and confabulations, and they are not rare at all. Misrememberings are the rule, not the exception. They occur all the time. They occur even in cases where the subject is absolutely confident - even when the memory is a seemingly unforgettable flashbulb, one of those metaphorical mental photographs. Carl Sagan
Jane Austen may not be the best writer, but she certainly writes about the best people. And by that I mean people just like me. A. Whitney Brown
Ivo Andric quote: "One should not be afraid of humans. Well, I am not afraid of..."
One should not be afraid of humans. Well, I am not afraid of humans, but of what is inhuman in them. Ivo Andric
And no, it wasn't shame I now felt, or guilt, but something rarer in my life and stronger than both: remorse. A feeling which is more complicated, curdled, and primeval. Whose chief characteristic is that nothing can be done about it: too much time has passed, too much damage has been done, for amends to be made. Julian Barnes

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