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His family would haunt him for life: and nothing in his writing gives the impression he was surprised that it should be so. We are haunted animals: ghosts, Donne’s work and life suggest, should be treated as the norm.
“There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“My past is everything I failed to be.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“Do not, do not, do not books for ever
hammer at people like perpetual bells?
When, between two books, silent sky appears: be glad.”
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hammer at people like perpetual bells?
When, between two books, silent sky appears: be glad.”
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“One wanted, she thought, dipping her brush deliberately, to be on a level with ordinary experience, to feel simply that's a chair, that's a table, and yet at the same time, It's a miracle, it's an ecstasy.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
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