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“Écrire sur soi-même c'est écrire sur les autres, puisque vos problèmes, vos souffrances, vos plaisirs, vos émotions -et vos idées extraordinaires et remarquables- ne peuvent pas n'appartenir qu'à vous. La façon de régler le problème de la "subjectivité", cette affreuse tendance à se préoccuper de l'infime individu qui se trouve en même temps pris dans une explosion de possibilités terribles et merveilleuses, consiste à voir en lui un microcosme et ainsi à dépasser le personnel général, comme le fait évidemment la vie, transformant une expérience intime -du moins le croyez-vous- lorsque vous êtes encore enfant, "je suis amoureuse", "j'éprouve telle ou telle émotion, je pense telle ou telle chose" -en quelque chose de plus ample: grandir consiste en fin de compte à comprendre que sa propre expérience incroyable et unique est ce que tout le monde partage.”
― The Golden Notebook
― The Golden Notebook
“When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow-
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out-
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit-
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit”
―
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow-
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out-
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit-
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit”
―
“There is nothing scarier than living every moment with the fear of your very existence being snatched away. To save my existence, I must kill.”- The Psychopath
“You know why I love to hunt? My mind interprets a human’s final breath as his apology: an apology of existence.”- The Cannibal
“Can love and friendship push you to the brink of a murderous crisis? ”- The Lover”
― The Psychopath, The Cannibal, The Lover
“You know why I love to hunt? My mind interprets a human’s final breath as his apology: an apology of existence.”- The Cannibal
“Can love and friendship push you to the brink of a murderous crisis? ”- The Lover”
― The Psychopath, The Cannibal, The Lover
“Books are time travel. True readers all know this. But books don’t just take you back to the time in which they were written; they can take you back to different versions of yourself.”
― Eight Perfect Murders
― Eight Perfect Murders
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