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aseaofquotes: John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:47:04 -0400

John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman

“The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:40:20 -0500

“The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?

Answer.

That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.”

—Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

"Will you come with me to the mountains? It will hurt at first, until your feet are hardened. Reality..."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:13:03 -0500

“Will you come with me to the mountains? It will hurt at first, until your feet are hardened. Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?”

- C.S. Lewis (via rainydaysandblankets)

"In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to..."

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:59:45 -0500

“In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.”

- C.S. Lewis (via rainydaysandblankets)

"It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; - it is disposition alone. Seven years..."

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:33:11 -0500

““It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; - it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.””

- Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

"So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t..."

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:59:27 -0500

“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do.”

- Dead Poets Society (1989)

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Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:43:18 -0500

"Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness."

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:42:12 -0500

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”

- Ayn Rand (via larmoyante)

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Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:18:59 -0500

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories

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"All men fear death. It’s a natural fear that consumes us all. We fear death because we feel that we..."

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:51:50 -0400

“All men fear death. It’s a natural fear that consumes us all. We fear death because we feel that we haven’t loved well enough or loved at all, which ultimately are one and the same. However, when you make love with a truly great woman, one that deserves the utmost respect in this world and one that makes you feel truly powerful, that fear of death completely disappears. Because when you are sharing your body and heart with a great woman the world fades away. You two are the only ones in the entire universe. You conquer what most lesser men have never conquered before, you have conquered a great woman’s heart, the most vulnerable thing she can offer to another. Death no longer lingers in the mind. Fear no longer clouds your heart. Only passion for living, and for loving, become your sole reality. This is no easy task for it takes insurmountable courage. But remember this, for that moment when you are making love with a woman of true greatness you will feel immortal.
I believe that love that is true and real creates a respite from death. All cowardice comes from not loving or not loving well, which is the same thing. And when the man who is brave and true looks death squarely in the face like some rhino hunters I know or Belmonte, who is truly brave, it is because they love with sufficient passion to push death out of their minds. Until it returns, as it does to all men. And then you must make really good love again. Think about it.”

- Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

"People nowadays think that scientists exist to instruct them, poets, musicians, etc. to give them..."

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:01:44 -0400

“People nowadays think that scientists exist to instruct them, poets, musicians, etc. to give them pleasure. The idea that these have something to teach them - that does not occur to them”

- Wittgenstein, Culture and Value

"I have for the first time found what I can truly love–I have found you. You are my sympathy–my..."

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:25:43 -0400

“I have for the first time found what I can truly love–I have found you. You are my sympathy–my better self–my good angel–I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wrap my existence about you–and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one.”

- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

"We live as we dream - alone…"

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:23:14 -0400

“We live as we dream - alone…”

- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

"If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course..."

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:19:47 -0400

“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”

- Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

"Indeed - why should I not admit it? - in that moment, my heart was breaking."

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:14:04 -0400

“Indeed - why should I not admit it? - in that moment, my heart was breaking.”

- Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

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Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:16:38 -0400

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:50:00 -0400

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”

- Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

"I would prefer not to."

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:42:34 -0400

“I would prefer not to.”

- Herman Melville, Bartleby The Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street

"Maybe there’s something you’re afraid to say, or someone you’re afraid to love, or..."

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:28:12 -0400

“Maybe there’s something you’re afraid to say, or someone you’re afraid to love, or somewhere you’re afraid to go. It’s gonna hurt. It’s gonna hurt because it matters.”

- John Green and David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try..."

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:18:39 -0400

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche