November 2011
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“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
– Albert Camus
August 2010
16 posts
“For at the height of pleasure he had experienced a revelation that he could not...”
– Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera (via fortuneandglory)
“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired.”
– The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (via whimsofmen)
“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as...”
– Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation.
“Falling in love, we said; I fell for him. We were falling women. We believed in...”
– Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale.
“So please try not to hate me. I am a flawed human being - a far more flawed...”
– Murakami, Norwegian Wood.
“Insanity comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast.
I’m not talking...”
– Susana Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted.
“Love almost replaces thought. Love is a burning forgetfulness of everything...”
– Victor Hugo, Les Miserables.
““Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead.—I shall feel...”
– Victor Hugo, Les Miserables.
“A certain amount of reverie is good, like a narcotic in discreet doses. It...”
– Victor Hugo, Les Miserables.
“You’ll be sick or feeling troubled or deeply in love or quietly uncertain...”
– Mark Danielewski, House of Leaves.
“Life begins on the other side of despair.”
– Jean Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness.
“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...”
– Albert Camus (via thechocolatebrigade)
“This is love, she thought, isn’t it? When you notice someone’s...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer.
“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does...”
– Maya Angelou.
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“Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.”
– Albert Camus, The Fall.
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“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely...”
– Albert Camus, The Stranger.