“Falling in love should be the easiest thing in the world, but it's not.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, quote from Full Moon
“We were each other's rock. But did it make us each other's destiny?”
― Rachel Hawthorne, quote from Full Moon
“Supposedly, dreams reflect our hidden fears and secret desires, all clamoring for attention.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, quote from Full Moon
“Lindsey: Why would you choose me?
Rafe: Because you're the one I want.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, quote from Full Moon
“Was it possible to measure what the heart felt?”
― Rachel Hawthorne, quote from Full Moon
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“I get it. And I guess you'd know, Mr. Gets It in the Dark with Strangers”
― Trinity Faegen, quote from The Redemption of Ajax
“Words kept salted when they cannot be found fresh. Words kept fresh when they cannot be found clean. The words go deeper, far out of reach of vessels, blood vessels bursting, that thick humming in the head. To find the words, just out of reach, beyond my hand, the coral of it, the pearl of it, fish.”
― Jeanette Winterson, quote from Gut Symmetries
“. . . such a rush immediately ensued that she with laughing face and plundered dress was borne towards it the centre of a flushed and boisterous group, just in time to greet the father, who came home attended by a man laden with Christmas toys and presents. Then the shouting and the struggling, and the onslaught that was made on the defenceless porter! Then scaling him, with chairs for ladders, to dive into his pockets, despoil him of brown-paper parcels, hold on tight by his cravat, hug him round the neck, pommel his back and kick his legs in irrepressible affection! The shouts of wonder and delight with wich the development of every package was received! The terrible announcement that the baby had been taken in the act of putting a doll's frying-pan into his mouth, and was more than suspected of having swallowed a fictitious turkey, glued on a wooden platter! The immense relief of finding this false alarm! The joy, and gratitude, and ecstasy! They are indescribable alike. It is enough that by degrees the children and their emotions got out of the parlor, and by one stair at a time up to the top of the house; where they went to bed, and so subsided.”
― Charles Dickens, quote from A Christmas Carol, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth
“Martin: I write again because I must. A black foreboding has taken possession of me. I wrote Griselle as soon as I knew she was in Berlin and she answered briefly. Rehearsals were going brilliantly; the play would open shortly. My second letter was more encouragement than warning, and it has been returned to me, the envelope unopened, marked only addressee unknown, (Adressant Unbekannt). What a darkness those words carry! How can she be unknown? It is surely a message that she has come to harm. They know what has happened to her, those stamped letters say,”
― Kathrine Kressmann Taylor, quote from Address Unknown
“Это действительность. Я все это видела и чувствовала, поэтому грезить днем мне нелегко. Грезы наяву вызывают у меня ожесточенную неприязнь, я чувствую, что надежда во мне умерла. Это страшно. Не знаю, смогу ли жить только реальностью. Иногда пытаюсь вести себя как робот: сделай то, пойди туда, не забудь сделать это. Но помогает только на короткое время. Я — плохой робот, все еще человек, думающий и чувствующий, ни от того ни от другого мне не отучиться. Поэтому вот сижу и пишу обо всем, что произошло, и нет мне дела, съедят ли мыши мои записки.”
― Marlen Haushofer, quote from The Wall
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