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“To her he would surrender the remnants of himself at the first trumpet blast of destiny.”
― Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
― Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
“...for the human brain can become the best torture house of all those it has invented, established and used in a millions of years, in millions of lands, on millions of howling creatures.”
― Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
― Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
“It’s funny. No matter where you go, or how many books you read, you still know nothing, you haven’t seen anything. And that’s life.”
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
“The only consciousness that persists in the hereafter is the consciousness of pain.”
― Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
― Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
“Isn't it grand, isn't it good, that language has only one word for everything we associate with love - from utter sanctity to the most fleshly lust? The result is perfect clarity in ambiguity, for love cannot be disembodied even in its most sanctified forms, nor is it without sanctity even at its most fleshly. Love is always simply itself, both as a subtle affirmation of life and as the highest passion; love is our sympathy with organic life.”
― The Magic Mountain
― The Magic Mountain
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