“When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in that particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I
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“Do I dare Disturb the universe?”
― The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems
― The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems
“Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
― In Country Sleep, and Other Poems
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
― In Country Sleep, and Other Poems
“What an abyss of uncertainty, whenever the mind feels overtaken by itself; when it, the seeker, is at the same time the dark region through which it must go seeking and where all its equipment will avail it nothing. Seek? More than that: create. It is face to face with something which does not yet exist, which it alone can make actual, which it alone can bring into the light of day.”
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“They're such beautiful shirts,' she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. 'It makes me sad because I've never seen such - such beautiful shirts before.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“Not altogether a fool," said G., "but then he's a poet, which I take to be only one remove from a fool.”
― The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 2
― The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 2
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