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“In books lies the soul fo the whole past time.”

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Thomas Carlyle, born on December 4, 1795, and died on February 5, 1881, was a prominent Scottish philosopher, historian, and writer. His works are known for their profound social criticism and unique literary style, which had a significant impact on 19th-century British literature and thought. more

“She smiled. She knew she was dying. But it did not matter any longer. She had known something which no human words could ever tell and she knew it now. She had been awaiting it and she felt it, as if it had been, as if she had lived it. Life had been, if only because she had known it could be, and she felt it now as a hymn without sound, deep under the little whole that dripped red drops into the snow, deeper than that from which the red drops came. A moment or an eternity- did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist. She smiled, her last smile, to so much that had been possible.”

Ifs Life Humans Littles Matter Whole Moments Lasts Felt Sound Known Dying Red Eternity Deeper Snow Individualism Hymns Undefeated

Book:We the Living

Source: We the Living

“Someday she might replace whatever of her had gone away by some prosthetic device, a dress of a certain color, a phrase in a letter, another lover.”

Might Certain Gone Color Lovers Letters Dresses Phrases Someday Devices Prosthetics Gone Away

Book:The Crying of Lot 49

Source: The Crying of Lot 49

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