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Quote by Fernando Pessoa

“I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.”

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Portuguese poet known for his unique narrative style and rich inner world. Fernando Pessoa is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, and his works are still widely studied and discussed today. more

“Staring at her face, she began to fancy her outer layer had begun to melt away while she wasn't paying attention, and something -- some new skeleton -- was emerging from beneath the softness of her accustomed self. With a deep, visceral ache, she wished her true form might prove to be a sleek and shining one, like a stiletto blade slicing free of an ungainly sheath. Like a bird of prey losing its hatchling fluff to hunt in cold, magnificent skies. That she might become something glittering, something startling, something dangerous.”

Source: Lips Touch: Three Times

“It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.”

Men Believe Wells Reason Might Literature Sleep Useless

Author:Lord Byron

“Cats and ghosts both partook of the saucers of milk and that was okay. They consumed different parts of it: the cats its substance, the ghosts its essence, and none went to waste.”

Different Waste Cat Okay Essence Ghost Substance Milk Consumed

Book:Lips Touch: Three Times

Source: Lips Touch: Three Times

“You know, I really think that when God puts together families, he sticks his finger into the white pages and selects a group of people at random and then says to them all, 'Hey! You're going to spend the next seventy years together, even though you have nothing in common and don't even like each other. And, should you not feel yourself caring about any of this group of strangers, even for a second, you will just feel dreadful”

People Thinking Knows Feels Should Years Together Next White Common Groups Pages Sticks Fingers Stranger Caring Hey Seventies Hey You Years Together

Book:Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

Source: Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

“Their talk was endless, compulsive, and indulgent, sometimes sounding like the remains of the English language after having been hashed over by nuclear war survivors for a few hundred years.”

Years War Sometimes Language Hundred Remains Nuclear Endless Survivor English Language Nuclear War

Author:Douglas Coupland

“Do you think we enjoy hearing about your brand-new million-dollar home when we can barely afford to eat Kraft Dinner sandwiches in our own grimy little shoe boxes and we're pushing thirty? A home you won in a genetic lottery, I might add, sheerly by dint of your having been born at the right time in history? You'd last about ten minutes if you were my age these days.”

“though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.”

Universe Given Wide Plot Toil Self Reliance Reliance Corn Kernel

Book:The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source: The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.”

Comedy Dangerous Genre Appearing Jolly Thursday Next

Author:Jasper Fforde

“It isn't very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. So raw and unleashed, it tears away the veil of civilization that comes between us as much as it makes life possible. A poor substitute for the sort of passion we like to extol perhaps, but real love shares more in common with hatred and rage than it does with geniality or politeness.”

Doe Real Use Passion Poor Common Nice Violence Share Tears Civilization Hatred Rage Substitutes Real Love Veils Domestic Violence Politeness Very Nice Unleashed Geniality

Book:We Need To Talk About Kevin

Source: We Need To Talk About Kevin

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