“If I had the strength, I would write and tell her [Grete] that I am progressing. She would come to me; but that I don't want. I am so lonely and so weak. But when I am most dejected, a letter comes from Claude; he is waiting for me--dear, dear Claude."
The shadows were closing round Lili Elbe. She wrote one more letter at the beginning of September. It was addressed to her sister.
"Now I know that death is near. Last night I dreamt about Mother. She took me in her arms and she called me Lili..and Father was also there.”
― Lili: A Portrait of the First Sex Change
The shadows were closing round Lili Elbe. She wrote one more letter at the beginning of September. It was addressed to her sister.
"Now I know that death is near. Last night I dreamt about Mother. She took me in her arms and she called me Lili..and Father was also there.”
― Lili: A Portrait of the First Sex Change
“...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
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