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Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

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Jennifer Donnelly
Jennifer Donnelly

Jennifer Donnelly is an American author known for her historical novels and young adult literature. Her works are renowned for their rich historical background and profound emotional descriptions, which have won her a wide following among readers. more

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“Man lives in the darkness of unconsciousness. The dawn has not come. It is still night. The majority of people live in the darkness of unconsciousness, while a small minority are attracted to the light of consciousness. The light of consciousness has opened for a few people, but it is so few people that it seems fictitious for the majority of people. They cannot understand, because a man can only understand that which has happened to him. The goal for the seeker of truth is the search for the light of consciousness. The darkness and unconsciousness from the inside has to be dropped. And when your life is full of light it's a totally different life. From the outside everything seems to be the same, but from the inside nothing is the same anymore.”

“I can't look into those honey eyes, I get afraid of what I might find. Through the heartbreak, pain, and veiled lies, I hid behind what my mind always denied. I did not deserve that. I kept thinking... why me? A child lost in silence, When no one dared to see. I wore smiles like shields, Laughed so no one would ask. But the echoes never faded, They lived behind my mask. I forgot how to trust, How to rest, how to breathe. Love knocked on a shattered door, But I had ghosts beneath. He saw more than I ever showed, He touched the cracks too deep. Now I wonder if he left Because I was too much to keep. I didn’t mean to hide, I didn’t know the truth myself. My past was a locked room On a forgotten, dusty shelf.”