I will go down with my colours flying.
VIRGINIA WOOLFSecond hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.
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Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.
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Illness is a part of every human being’s experience. It enhances our perceptions and reduces self-consciousness. It is the great confessional; things are said, truths are blurted out which health conceals.
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The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.
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Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth.
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There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, ‘Consume me
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Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can’t use the wrong words.
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The most extraordinary thing about writing is that when you’ve struck the right vein, tiredness goes. It must be an effort, thinking wrong.
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When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness – I am nothing.
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Intimacy is a difficult art.
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To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
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Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust.
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But beauty must be broken daily to remain beautiful.
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The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.
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We are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.
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You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
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