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“I want to be special,” I said obstinately at last. “So does everyone else. So we have to take turns.” ‘But some people are more special than others, aren’t they?“ Juniper suddenly got extremely irritated. "The really special ones are the ones who don’t even think about it,” she said.”

Book:Wise Child

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Wise Child

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Monica Furlong

Monica Furlong, a renowned British author, was born on January 17, 1930, and passed away on January 14, 2003. Her works are characterized by their unique perspective and profound insight into the lives and emotions of women. more

“Multiple changes in the color of the sea, moment by moment. Changes in the clouds. And the appearance of a ship. What was happening? What were happenings? Each instant brought them, more momentous than the explosion of Krakatoa. It was only that no one noticed. We are too accustomed to the absurdity of existence. The loss of a universe is not worth taking seriously. Happenings are the signals for endless reconstruction, reorganization. Signals from a distant bell. A ship appears and sets the bell to ringing. In an instant the sound makes everything its own. On the sea they are incessant, the bell forever ringing.”

Life Humility Existentialism Mishima

Book:The Decay of the Angel

Source: The Decay of the Angel

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Author:James Hauenstein

“He had never been a man who attracted women, and he exaggerated their coldness towards him. Indeed in regard to the love of women he had a physical humility that was almost a mania. One of the strongest holds that Mary had over him was the simple fact that she, a sweet-looking, intellectual girl, could be in love with him at all! Secretly John regarded himself as the most unlovable human creature then living in Glastonbury.”

Humility Unlovable Glastonbury

Book:A Glastonbury Romance

Source: A Glastonbury Romance

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