Thoughts
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The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth. Bachelard: The Poetics of Reverie, 1960
A room is a place where you hide from the wolves outside and that's all any room is. Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. Henry James Leon Edel, Henry James: A Life, vol V: The Master 1901-1916 (1972)
Conduct and character are largely determined by the nature of the words we currently use to discuss ourselves and the world around us. Aldous Huxley. Words and Their Meanings, 1940 Ph. Huxley by Charles Sheeler, 1930
Elysian beauty, melancholy grace, Brought from a pensive though a happy place. Wordsworth
Beauty has no other origin than a wound, unique, different for each person, hidden or visible, that everyone keeps in himself, that he preserves and to which he withdraws when he wants to leave the world for a temporary but profound solitude. Genet, Fragments of the Artwork
Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth. Anne Sexton
If nothing were substituted for everything, it would still be too much and too little. Maurice Blanchot, The Writing of the Disaster
The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour. Thoreau
I can feel that other day running underneath this one. Anne Carson, The Glass Essay
Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together. Anaïs Nin
So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it's fun in the end. Roberto Bolaño, 2666
Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Within yourself is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. Herman Hesse, Siddhartha