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1. Hermann Hesse
2. Victor Hugo
3. Miguel de Cervantes
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A Glimpse from Symphony of Solitude
Here is a short passage from Symphony of Solitude — one of the moments where silence becomes its own kind of language.
« He did not know that Mary was reading his words.
And Mary did not know that he was smiling.
But somewhere, beyond the reach of time and place,
their hearts beat in harmony, their feelings spoke in silence,
as though joy itself was flowing through the ether between souls. »
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« He did not know that Mary was reading his words.
And Mary did not know that he was smiling.
But somewhere, beyond the reach of time and place,
their hearts beat in harmony, their feelings spoke in silence,
as though joy itself was flowing through the ether between souls. »
— Raphaël Z Read more of this blog post »
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Norwegian Wood is not a novel driven by plot, but by memory. Haruki Murakami writes grief the way it is actually lived—quietly, repetitively, and without resolution. The strength of this book lies in its emotional restraint. Loss is not dramatized; it ...more |
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The Bell Jar is not a novel that dramatizes madness—it listens to it. Sylvia Plath does not ask the reader to witness suffering from a distance, but to inhabit the slow suffocation of a mind losing its sense of air. Esther Greenwood’s descent is not l ...more |
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“The tragedy was not in death, but in the silence that followed — in the void that cannot be filled, in the shadow that lingers even after the light is gone.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
“The car rolled on, drawing steadily away from a city where the last source of warmth had gone out, heading toward a strangeness he had never found in books, nor glimpsed in dreams.
And the city receded behind them, vanishing as memory does in the instant of fracture.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
And the city receded behind them, vanishing as memory does in the instant of fracture.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
“Loss does not mean the end, my boy.
It is a beginning.
Yes, the pain will remain…
but within it lies something that lets us grow.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
It is a beginning.
Yes, the pain will remain…
but within it lies something that lets us grow.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
“Ford, do you know why the stars never lose their way in the sky?”
He looked at her, bewildered.
She answered softly:
“Because they always know where they belong.
Even when they seem lost, something within guides them home.
And you too — even if one day you feel adrift — you will find your way.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
He looked at her, bewildered.
She answered softly:
“Because they always know where they belong.
Even when they seem lost, something within guides them home.
And you too — even if one day you feel adrift — you will find your way.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
“The tragedy was not in death, but in the silence that followed — in the void that cannot be filled, in the shadow that lingers even after the light is gone.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
“The car rolled on, drawing steadily away from a city where the last source of warmth had gone out, heading toward a strangeness he had never found in books, nor glimpsed in dreams.
And the city receded behind them, vanishing as memory does in the instant of fracture.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
And the city receded behind them, vanishing as memory does in the instant of fracture.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
“Loss does not mean the end, my boy.
It is a beginning.
Yes, the pain will remain…
but within it lies something that lets us grow.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
It is a beginning.
Yes, the pain will remain…
but within it lies something that lets us grow.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
“He did not know that Mary was reading his words.
And Mary did not know that he was smiling.
But somewhere, beyond the reach of time and place,
their hearts beat in harmony, their feelings spoke in silence,
as though joy itself was flowing through the ether between souls.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
And Mary did not know that he was smiling.
But somewhere, beyond the reach of time and place,
their hearts beat in harmony, their feelings spoke in silence,
as though joy itself was flowing through the ether between souls.”
― Symphony of Solitude: A Novel about Mr. Ford
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