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He wept on account of his helplessness, his terrible loneliness, the cruelty of man, the cruelty of God, and the absence of God.
“He wept for truth which was dead, for heaven which was void. Beyond the marble walls and gleaming jewelled altars, the huge plaster Christ had no longer a single drop of blood in its veins.”
― Pot Luck
― Pot Luck
“For if the world treats you well, Sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.”
― Alias Grace
― Alias Grace
“If one knew, he wondered, the facts,
would one have to pity even the planets? If one reached what they called the heart of the matter?”
― The Heart of the Matter
would one have to pity even the planets? If one reached what they called the heart of the matter?”
― The Heart of the Matter
“I applaud the courage of he who accepts each and every one of the laws of a game he did not invent and was not asked if he wanted to play”
― A Brief Life
― A Brief Life
“The manner of his life was of no importance. What affected her was that he had once been young. That he had grown old, and was now dead. That was all. Youth and vigour had come to that. Youth and vigour always came to that. Everything came to that.”
― The Old Wives' Tale
― The Old Wives' Tale
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