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Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“The west is a graveyard, where only the churches remain as tombstones of a civilization that once reached heaven.”

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A renowned Russian novelist and a pioneer of psychological novels. His works deeply reveal the complexity of human nature and the injustice of society, having a profound impact on literature worldwide. more

“Do you have this organ here?” Cyrus asked her, pointing at the base of his throat. “A doom organ that just pulses all the time? Pulses dread, every day, obstinately? Like it thinks there’s a panther behind the curtain ready to maul you, but there’s no panther and it turns out there’s no curtain either? That’s what I wanted to stop.”

Anxiety Martyr Polysemous

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“There's nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip through the hinges where you've hung it so careful.”

The Secret Life Of Bees Sue Monk Kidd

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“You could say I'd never had a true religious moment, the kind where you know yourself spoken to by a voice that seems other than yourself, spoken to so genuinely you see the words shining on trees and clouds. But I had such a moment right then, standing in my own ordinary room. I heard a voice say, Lily Melisa Owens, your jar is open. In a matter of seconds I knew exactly what I had to do --leave.”

Life Lessons Courage Self Preservation The Secret Life Of Bees Sue Monk Kidd

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“Did you know there are 32 names for love in one of the Eskimo language? And we just have this one. We are so limited, you have to use the same word for loving Rosaleen as you do for loving Coke with peanuts. Isn't that a shame we don't have more ways to say it.”

The Secret Life Of Bees

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“When there is a power failure, do you go and look for candles and matches or do you sit in the dark and allow your fears to get the best of you?”

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“Light spilled out of Mohini’s room and drew me toward it like the sun beckons an African daisy.”

Africa Cape Of Storms

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“I’m not interested in some theoretic sermon that ends with a hope and prayer, Dad. I need to hear something real. Something that literally broke the fabric of your life. A story that ends with proof of life instead of some wishy-washy platitude.”

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“I’m afraid that I will break, like a dam without floodgates, or an earthquake beneath a fault line.”

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“Perhaps something inside him changed or died. Or maybe it didn’t die. Maybe he murdered it in order to survive the grief.”

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