“I was born to be nothing and to have nothing.”
Source: Henry and Cato
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Source: Henry and Cato
“Terrible sadness, dread, an agonizing desire for happiness swelled in his heart.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“His heart ached in such a familiar way, and the very familiarity of it pained him.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“Henry's joy left him abruptly and he began anxiously to think about himself.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“I've somehow run myself into hell. There must be many entrances.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“And suffering we know breeds images, it breeds the most beautiful images of all.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“She lived in private with her own horror.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“He had always thought of himself as a muddler, a sufferer, a victim.”
Source: Henry and Cato
Source: Henry and Cato
“You're doing your thing, why can't I do my thing? I must be me even if I suffer for it.”
Source: Henry and Cato
Source: Henry and Cato
Source: Henry and Cato
“He wished he was not always young again in his dreams, it made waking up so sad.”
Source: Henry and Cato
Source: Henry and Cato
Source: Henry and Cato
“That love all belonged to the elapsed moment.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“Desperate for help, living his life now as a hideous dream, he had told nobody.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“I'm not a lucky person who makes radiant decisions which are obviously right.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“I did love her in a way, but it was under the sign of doom.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“You don't understand what it's like when things are terrible in your mind.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“But I've had such a rotten life. People like me are a problem.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“I don't like you, I love you. You're a portent for me, a sign. I've always lived by signs.”
Source: Henry and Cato
Source: Henry and Cato
“He thought about the future and it was a vibrating darkness. He felt fear.”
Source: Henry and Cato