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“You've got to lie to stay halfway interested in yourself.”

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Barry Hannah was an American novelist born on April 23, 1942, and passed away on March 1, 2010. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound psychological insights. more

“--Why are we fighting them? --They're mad. We're sane. --How do we know? --That we're sane? --Yes. --Am I sane? --To all appearances. --And you, do you consider yourself sane? --I do. --Well, there you have it. --But don't they also consider themselves sane? --I think they know. Deep down. That they're not sane. --How must that make them feel? --Terrible, I should think. They must fight ever more fiercely, in order to deny what they know to be true. That they are not sane.”

Thinking Knows Feels Should Wells Order Fighting Terrible Mad Appearance Deny Being True Sane Deep Down

Author:Donald Barthelme

“Beauty plus pity-that is the closest we can get to a definition of art. Where there is beauty there is pity for the simple reason that beauty must die: beauty always dies, the manner dies with the matter, the world dies with the individual.”

World Art Matter Reason Dies Individual Simple Definitions Pity Plus Closest

Book:Lectures on Literature

Source: Lectures on Literature

“I will love you always. When this red hair is white, I will still love you. When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin. When your face is full of the lines of every smile you have ever smiled, of every surprise I have seen flash through your eyes, when every tear you have ever cried has left its mark upon your face,I will treasure you all the more, because I was there to see it all. I will share your life with you, Meredith, and I will love you until the last breath leaves your body or mine.”

“I wondered why I couldn't go the whole way doing what I should any more. This made me sad and tired. Then I wondered why I couldn't go the whole way doing what I shouldn't, the way Doreen did, and this made me even sadder and more tired.”

Way Should Made Whole Depression Tired Bell Jar

Book:the bell jar

Source: the bell jar

“It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.”

Way Artist Reflection Observation Delving

Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

“I got lost in the night, without the light of your eyelids, and when the night surrounded me I was born again: I was the owner of my own darkness.”

Light Night Lost Born My Own Darkness Owners Born Again Eyelids

Author:Pablo Neruda

“Do tears not yet spilled wait in small lakes?”

Waiting Tears Lakes

Book:Libro de Las Preguntas

Source: Libro de Las Preguntas

“I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents.”

Ifs Thinking Inspirational Giving Mean Children Parent Responsibility Accepting Generations Security Our Children African American Retirement Our Generation

Author:Carol Moseley Braun

“Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice.”

Darkness Fire Eternal Ice Divine Comedy

Book:The Divine Comedy: The Unabridged Classic

Source: The Divine Comedy: The Unabridged Classic

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