17 quotes found
“Let this hell be our heaven.”
“Heaven would never be heaven without you.”
“All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth.”
“What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than ones own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?”
“What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one’s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?”
“Thank you...for gracing my life with your lovely presence, for adding the sweet measure of your soul to my existence.”
“If men only felt about death as they do about sleep, all terrors would cease. . . Men sleep contentedly, assured that they will wake the following morning. They should feel the same about their lives.”
“Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadnt. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment.”
“Each memory was brought to life before me and within me. I could not avoid them. Neither could I rationalize, explain away. I could only re-experience with total cognizance, unprotected by pretense...”
“Not only did I rediscover every experience of my life, I had to live each unfulfilled desire as wellas though theyd been fulfilled. I saw that what transpires in the mind is just as real as any fle...”
“Not that it was unjust; not that the scales were forced out of balance. Where there had been good, it showed as clearly. Kindnesses, accomplishments, all those were present, too.”
“They think of suicide as a quick route to oblivion, an escape. Far from it. It merely alters a person from one form to another. Nothing can destroy the spirit. Suicide only precipitates a darker co...”
“Those whove marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life arent forced to witness that marring. If they were, theyd become self-conscious and be unable to concentrate on improving the...”
“As her analyst had told her: the deeper buried the distress, the further into the body it went. The digestive system was about as far as it could go to hide.”
“…Not that it was unjust; not that the scales were forced out of balance. Where there had been good, it showed as clearly. Kindnesses, accomplishments, all those were present, too.”
“…They think of suicide as a quick route to oblivion, an escape. Far from it. It merely alters a person from one form to another. Nothing can destroy the spirit. Suicide only precipitates a darker c...”
“…Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to witness that marring. If they were, they’d become self-conscious and be unable to concentrate on improving...”
