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“Everything was real except her.”

Book:The Parasite

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The Parasite

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Ramsey Campbell

Ramsey Campbell, born on January 4, 1946, is a renowned British author of horror fiction. His works are known for their unique atmosphere and profound philosophical insights, earning him the title of 'King of Horror' among readers and critics. more

“What I miss most from home is shopping. It sounds a bit silly, I know. If ever I couldn’t grasp that something was happening, like when I got the job here and departure time was coming up, I’d go out and buy stuff in preparation for it, and in that way I understood it was for real. I understood impending events through shopping. I understood the circumstances through the items that characterized them. Shopping had a kind of numbing effect on me, and now that it’s no longer something I do, I’ve started having thoughts and feelings that have turned out to be sad.”

Reality Sadness Shopping

Book:The Employees

Source: The Employees

“Decades later, Buechner came to the following realization: “The trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed secures your life also against being opened up and transformed by the holy power that life itself comes from.”

Life Reality Grief Living Transformation Hardness Hardening Steeling Yourself

Book:How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

Source: How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

“It had been a slow and painful business, discovering that the theory of love did not match the reality of life. It was like expecting to be able to write a symphony because you had once read a handbook of composition.”

Love Life Reality

Book:The Noise of Time

Source: The Noise of Time

“The most striking difference between ancient and modern sophists is that the ancients were satisfied with a passing victory of the argument at the expense of truth, whereas the moderns want a more lasting victory at the expense of reality”

Reality Truth Argument Totalitarianism Sophists Sophist

Book:The Origins of Totalitarianism

Source: The Origins of Totalitarianism

“I'm sorry if this sounds harsh or surprises anyone, but this is where we are. If you want the outcome to be different, you will have to do something about it.”

Reality Harsh Truth

Book:Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Source: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“I don’t know what understanding myself is. I don’t look inside. I don’t believe I exist behind myself.”

Self Reality Understanding Nature Existence Seeing Personality Clarity Meaning Of Life Feeling Being Paganism Pantheism Personae

Book:Selected Poems (By Fernando Pessoa)

Source: Selected Poems (By Fernando Pessoa)

“Because in the end, we die. It’s like Chekhov observed in so many of his plays: ‘in two hundred years, no one will even know we were here.”

World Life Reality Death Humanity Memories Society Human Condition

Book:The Syrian Virgin

Source: The Syrian Virgin

“Only our imagination has the power to create the world you want and whatever gives you true joy. Beware of those who tell you to face reality and let go of your imagination. All they may truly ask for is that you shift your imagination from what you want to what they want.”

Reality Imagination

Author:Franco Santoro

“You'll notice you don't have both feet on the ground when you don't have any friends around”

Life Reality Friendship Faults Conceited

Author:Stanley Victor Paskavich

“Les dieux sont ceux qui ne doutent jamais.”

Reality Understanding Existence Doubt Seeing Gods Being Paganism It Is What It Is Pantheism Alberto Caeiro

Author:Fernando Pessoa

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