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She was simple, not being able to adorn herself, but she was unhappy, as one out of her class; for women belong to no caste, no race, their grace, their beauty and their charm serving them in place of birth and family. Their inborn finesse, their instinctive elegance, their suppleness of wit, are their only aristocracy, making some daughters of the people the equal of great ladies.
Guy de Maupassant
... I want the dead to be deadforever. I don't want to be one of them, Except of course you can't be one of them. You can't be one of the deadbecause that which, has no existence can have no community. No community! My heart warms just thinking about it--blackness, aloneness, silence, peace, and all of it only a heartbeat away.[ The Sunset Limited - 2011 ]
Cormac McCarthy
I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things you must risk it. And here is the shock- when you risk it, when you do the right thing, when you arrive at the borders of common sense and cross into unknown territory, leaving behind you all the familiar smells and lights; then you do not experience great joy and huge energy. You are unhappy. Things get worse. It is a time of mourning. Loss. Fear. We battle...
Jeanette Winterson