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“Man, in spite of his tendency towards mendacity, has a great respect for what he calls the truth. Truth is his staff in his voyage through life; commonplaces are the bread in his bag and the wine in his jug.”

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Remy de Gourmont

Remy de Gourmont was a French poet known for his unique symbolism style and literary criticism. His works often explore themes of love, death, and beauty, deeply influenced by the Symbolist movement. more

“Right there is the usefulness of migraine, there in that imposed yoga, the concentration on the pain. For when the pain recedes, ten or twelve hours later, everything goes with it, all the hidden resentments, all the vain anxieties. The migraine has acted as a circuit breaker, and the fuses have emerged intact. There is a pleasant convalescent euphoria.”

Pain Hours Ten Anxiety Yoga Illness Vain Pleasant Concentration Resentment Twelve Usefulness Circuits Euphoria Fuse Migraine

Book:The White Album

Source: The White Album

“And I have learned now to live with it, learned when to expect it, how to outwit it, even how to regard it, when it does come, as more friend than lodger. We have reached a certain understanding, my migraine and I.”

Doe Pain Certain Understanding Regard Illness I Have Learned Migraine

Book:We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction

Source: We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction

“That no one dies of migraine seems, to someone deep into an attack, an ambiguous blessing.”

Seems Pain Dies Blessing Illness Ambiguous Migraine

Book:The White Album

Source: The White Album

Quote by Remy de Gourmont

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