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“What am I doing here?”

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Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet renowned for his surrealistic poetry style. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent poetry, considered pioneers of symbolism and surrealism. more

“She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. She became jealous of his esteem, when she could no longer hope to be benefited by it. She wanted to hear of him, when there seemed the least chance of gaining intelligence. She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.”

Should Has Beens Wanted Chance Convinced Esteem Jealous Could Have Been Happy With Him

Book:Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

“I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had an impact on me very early on, probably even more than Disney. I think that's what made me interested in animation: His work.”

Thinking Made Film Actors Names Directors Impact Rays Animation

Author:Tim Burton

“From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know?”

Thinking Knows Reality Response Endless Maturity Stoic

Book:Postcards From the Edge

Source: Postcards From the Edge

“My inner world seems largely to consist of three rotating emotions: embarrassment, rage, and tension. Sometimes I feel excited, but I think that's just positive tension.”

Thinking World Feels Sometimes Seems Three Emotion Excited Rage Tension Embarrassment Inner World Rotating

Book:Postcards From the Edge

Source: Postcards From the Edge

“Don't you see? We've become smart enough to justify stupid behavior. Like, 'I'm angry at him and I didn't express it, so I turned my anger inward and now it's depression, so in order to feel good again, what I should do is call him and express my anger.' It's like, if we can make it sound smart enough, we're allowed to do stupid things.”

Ifs Feels Should Enough Order Sound Stupid Behavior Smart Angry Feel Good Justify Inward Stupid Things

Book:Postcards From the Edge

Source: Postcards From the Edge

“He snatched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air, to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him. But it was all going by too fast now for his burred eyes and he knew that he had lost that part of it, the freshest and the best, forever.”

Ifs Made Hands Eye Lost Forever Air Lovely Spots Fragments Wisps

Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald

“You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I? I mean it was careless of me to makes such a wrong guess. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person I thought it was your secret pride." "I'm thirty," I said. "I'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor." She didn't answer. Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.”

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“We are lying to ourselves and to each other. Lying about what? I don't care if we're lying. I am a bad person. I don't care. I don't care what you are.”

Ifs Persons Care Lying Don't Care I Don't Care

Book:Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

“[…] but I believe that things are extremely complicated, and her looking over me was as complicated as anything could ever be. But it was also incredibly simple.”

Believe I Believe Simple Complicated

Book:Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

“You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.”

Salvation Solace

Author:Moliere

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