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“the dank night is sweeping down from the sky
and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.”
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and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.”
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“Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.”
― Antigone
― Antigone
“The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.”
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“Years passed; and he endured the idleness of his intelligence and the inertia of his heart.”
― Sentimental Education
― Sentimental Education
“I am coming to see that the sensation of the worst nightmares, a sensation that can be felt asleep or awake, is identical to those worst dreams' form itself: the sudden intra-dream realization that the nightmares' very essence and center has been with you all along, even awake: it's just been ... overlooked; and then that horrific interval between realizing what you've overlooked and turning your head to look back at what's been right there all along, the whole time...”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
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