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Quote by Virginia Woolf

“I am in the mood to dissolve in the sky.”

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British modernist writer, known for her unique narrative techniques and profound portrayal of female experience. Her works include 'To the Lighthouse' and 'Mrs. Dalloway'. more

“Everything had shattered. The fact that it was all still there — the walls and the chairs and the children’s pictures on the walls — meant nothing. Every atom of it had been blasted apart and reconstituted in an instant, and its appearance of permanence and solidity was laughable; it would dissolve at a touch, for everything was suddenly tissue-thin and friable.”

Children Stills Facts Wall Appearance Instant Chairs Atoms Shattered Tissues Permanence Laughable Solidity

Author:J. K. Rowling

“We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.”

Inspirational Made Growth Learning Personal Growth Self Realization Radical Finding Yourself Self Development Refusal Self Growth Discovering Self Discovering Your True Self Personal Growth And Development Being Your True Self Development And Growth

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“Think often on God, by day, by night, in your business and even in your diversions. He is always near you and with you; leave him not alone.”

Thinking Night Not Alone Diversion

Book:The Practice of the Presence of God

Source: The Practice of the Presence of God

“Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”

Beautiful Chaos Doomed Doom Moments In Time Inevitability Achilles Iliad Fate In The Iliad Rage From The Iliad Achilles Fate Priam

Author:Homer

“but back then, in those first days, I was so alone that every day was like eating my own heart.”

Firsts Heart My Own Eating

Book:This Is How You Lose Her

Source: This Is How You Lose Her

“I want to escape from myself. For when I do start up and stare myself seedily in the face, as happens to be my case at present, my blankness is inconceivable--indescribable--my misery amazing.”

Want Happens Faces Cases Misery Staring Indescribable Blankness

Book:The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens

Source: The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens

“bad things, like good things don't happen any more often than they ought to by chance. the universe has no mind, no feelings, and no personality, so it doesn't do things in order to either hurt or please you. bad things happen because things happen.”

Mind Feelings Happens Order Universe Hurt Chance Personality Ought Please Good Things Things Happen Bad Things Bad Things Happen

Book:The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

Source: The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

“Good night, sweetheart," he says. "Good bye, sweetheart," I say. And it's so casual, so innocent that he doesn't suspect a thing.”

Night Innocent Suspects Casual Bye Good Bye Good Night Sweetheart Saying Good Bye

Book:Wither

Source: Wither

“In my palm I can feel the echo of her pulse, standing in for the absense of mine.”

Feels I Can Mines Standing Echoes Palms Pulse

Book:Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition

Source: Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition

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