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“I wonder if music is the only expression of the soul that is not hopelessly compromised in communication.”

Book:Losing Julia

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Losing Julia

The story delves into the complexities of human emotions and the impact of personal tragedy on one's life journey. more

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Jonathan Hull

Jonathan Hull is an author, but specific details about his life and works are not available at this time. more

“Why does the longing for love have to be so acute, like a desperate thirst? Is it because love is wanting to be saved and we can never really be saved? Maybe love is really born of our fears. Love is the heart’s desire for a painkiller; a tearful plea for a great big epidural. Yes that’s it: love is the only anesthesia that really works. And so people with broken hearts are really those who are just coming to, and if you’ve ever seen someone come out of general anesthesia, you know that it looks a lot like the beginnings of a broken heart.”

People Ifs Knows Looks Heart Doe Bigs Desire Born Love Is Broken Longing Saved Desperate Thirst Fear Of Love Anesthesia Painkillers Maybe Love Epidurals

Author:Jonathan Hull

“Maybe what life needs is a good soundtrack, especially during the long stretches when nothing interesting is being said. A soundtrack might dignify things a bit, ennobling us with the proper drama and tension and pathos.”

Needs Long Said Might Bits Interesting Drama Tension Soundtracks Pathos

Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“Books aren’t just my defenses, the sandbags I use to fortify my position; they are also the building blocks of my soul, and I am the sum of all I read.”

Book Soul Use Position Building Defense Block My Soul Building Blocks

Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“We are all eccentrics in our dreams. Lunatics, even.”

Dream Our Dreams

Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“So who is better off, those who share love long enough to see which parts inevitably fade or those who lose their love when it is still pristine? I think each is lonely in a different place, though if you lose your love while it is still perfect you at least have a clear explanation for your grief, while if it gradually crumbles in your hands you do not.”

Ifs Thinking Long Stills Different Enough Hands Loses Perfect Grief Clear Share Lonely Explanation Fades Better Off Different Place Pristine

Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“If love doesn’t triumph, it ought to. For love is the one thing we have that feels more powerful than even death; the only respite from life’s wretched absurdity. The magic of love is not that it contains all the answers, it’s that it eliminates the need for so many pressing questions. For love makes us feel like gods--and that’s what we’re really after, isn’t it?”

Ifs Needs Feels Answers Love Is Powerful Magic One Thing Ought Triumph Absurdity Wretched Respite

Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“Love is self-explanatory: the right person makes you feel well nigh immortal, vaccinating you with their affections. So long as you remain in their heart you are safe, or better than safe even, for a while at least. You are momentarily, in a state of grace.”

Feels Wells Heart Persons Long Self States Love Is Grace Safe Affection Immortal Right Person

Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“I've known people whose faces rested naturally in a smile and I'm certain their lives were much different because of that.”

People Different Faces Certain Known

Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“It is said that life is too short, and that’s quite true, unless you are lonely. Loneliness can bring time to its knees; an absolute and utter standstill.”

Said Life Is Loneliness Lonely Absolutes Knees Too Short Life Is Too Short Standstill

Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.”

Nature Mankind Food Cooking Prosperity Improvement Culinary Dieting Gluttony Cookery

Author:Benjamin Franklin

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