"At the moment you are no longer an observing, reflecting being; you have ceased to be aware of yourself; you exist only in that quiet, steady thrill that is so unlike any excitement that you have ever known."

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Source : May Sinclair (1915). “A Journal of Impressions in Belgium”

May Sinclair

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“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.”
“People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother's house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.”

Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.4, Ballantine Books
“The question of naturalism is a fallacy, it does not exist... The photographic image replaces naturalistic experience.”
“I'm aware there are certain products that are being advertised - food products - with 'no chemicals whatsoever.' Well, that would be pretty hard to arrange, since everything around us is made up of atoms and molecules - chemicals - including ourselves.”
“Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. Great faith must have great trials.”
“And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?”

Source : Tillie Olsen (1995). “Tell Me a Riddle”, p.278, Rutgers University Press
“Without music in a horror there is actually such a big part missing.”

Source : Source: screenrant.com
“Tiresome heart, forever living and dying, House without air, I leave you and lock your door. Wild swans, come over the town, come over The town again, trailing your legs and crying!”

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