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William Beckford
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born
October 01, 1760
in The United Kingdom
died
May 02, 1844
gender
male
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“No course was open to me save to leap, with eyes self-bound, into the yawning abyss of the future.”
― William Beckford, Episodes of Vathek
― William Beckford, Episodes of Vathek
“It is time, therefore, that you should apply for aid to such helpful Spirits. But will you have the strength of mind, the courage to endure the approach of Beings so different from mankind? I know that their coming produces certain inevitable effects, as internal tremors, the revulsion of the blood from its ordinary course; but I also know that these terrors, these revulsions, painful as they undoubtedly are, must appear as nothing compared with the mortal pain of separation from an object loved greatly and exclusively.”
― William Beckford, Episodes of Vathek
― William Beckford, Episodes of Vathek
“It is a great evil to look upon mankind with too clear vision. You seem to be living among wild beasts, and you become a wild beast yourself. ("“The Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah”)”
― William Beckford, Episodes of Vathek
― William Beckford, Episodes of Vathek
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