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“Life was never anything but a perpetual see-saw between gravity and jest.”

Life Saws Gravity Perpetual Jest

Book:Romola

Source: Romola

“Living is one constant and perpetual instant when the arras-veil before what-is-to-be hangs docile and even glad to the lightest naked thrust if we had dared, were brave enough (not wise enough: no wisdom needed here) to make the rending gash.”

Ifs Life Enough Wise Needed Constant Brave Glad Naked Instant Perpetual Veils Thrust Docile

Book:Absalom, Absalom!

Source: Absalom, Absalom!

“The modern age has been characterized by a Promethean spirit, a restless energy that preys on speed records and shortcuts, unmindful of the past, uncaring of the future, existing only for the moment and the quick fix. The earthly rhythms that characterize a more pastoral way of life have been shunted aside to make room for the fast track of an urbanized existence. Lost in a sea of perpetual technological transition, modern man and woman find themselves increasingly alienated from the ecological choreography of the planet.”

Source: Time Wars: The Primary Conflict in Human History

“My life's dream has been a perpetual nightmare.”

Life Has Beens Dream Nightmare Perpetual

Book:Voltaire in His Letters: Being a Selection from His Correspondence

Source: Voltaire in His Letters: Being a Selection from His Correspondence