“In the history of thought and culture the dark nights have perhaps in some ways cost mankind less grief than the false dawns, the prison houses in which hope persists less grief than the promised lands where hope expires.” WayNightCultureHouseDarkGriefLandMankindCostPrisonDawnPersistDark NightPromised Land Book:A Mania for Magnificence Source: A Mania for Magnificence
“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.” ThinkingDoeRunningUsedLiteratureDarkMiddleMinesCostLongingFlawsCracksMorbidPicturesqueShowyFatal Flaws Book:The Secret History Source: The Secret History
“The essential and defining characteristic of childhood is not the effortless merging of dream and reality, but only alienation. There are no words for childhood's dark turns and exhalations. A wise child recognizes it and submits to the necessary consequences. A child who counts the cost is a child no longer.” ChildrenDreamRealityTurnsDarkWiseChildhoodCostEssentialsConsequenceCharacteristicsSubmitDefiningAlienationEffortlessDreams And RealityMerging Book:'Salem's Lot Source: 'Salem's Lot