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“One to be a murderer. One to be a Martyr. One to be a Monarch. One to go Mad”

Book:Heartless

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Marissa Meyer

Marissa Meyer is an American novelist known for her science fiction works. Her novels blend classical literature with modern science fiction elements, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“He had to hold his body very still, very still, like some vessel about to slosh over from too much motion. Gradually he managed to get control of his breathing. His excited heart beat more steadily; the pounding of the waves inside him subsided slowly. And suddenly solitude fell across his heart like a dusky reflection. He closed his eyes. The dark doors within him opened, and he entered. The next performance in the theatre of his soul was beginning.”

Solitude

Book:Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“Given the choice, a yeast cell's ideal state is to be diploid. But if it's in an environment with a lack of nutrients, you know what happens? The diploids break into haploids again. Solitary little haploids. Because, in a crisis, it's easier to survive as a single cell.”

Solitude Survival

Book:The Marriage Plot

Source: The Marriage Plot

“His cigarettes helped mark the passage of time, especially on days that seemed all sun and sky...The dependable dwindling of his cigarette supply reassured him that he hadn't been left out here, that eventually he would have to ride into town and things would still be there, that the world hadn't stopped whirling.”

Loneliness Solitude Depression Separation Kill Me Now

Book:Battleborn

Source: Battleborn

“At life's most significant moments, we are always alone”

Philosophy Solitude

Author:Paulo Coelho

“...I got to love solitude - to see the Moon rise and set - I had time to watch it trace the window square across the wall in silent grace...”

Solitude Moon Calmness

Book:A Familiar Rain

Source: A Familiar Rain

“Contemplation means rest, suspension of activity, withdrawal into the mysterious interior solitude in which the soul is absorbed in the immense and fruitful silence of God and learns something of the secret of His perfections less by seeing than by fruitive love.”

Love Solitude Contemplation

Book:The Seven Storey Mountain

Source: The Seven Storey Mountain

“The truth is that solitude is the creative condition of genius, religious or secular, and the ultimate sterilising of it. No human soul can long ignore "the giant agony of the world" and live, except indeed the mollusc life, a barnacle upon eternity.”

Soul Creativity Genius Solitude

Book:The Desert Fathers

Source: The Desert Fathers

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