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Reading — the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at

Reading — the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. – William Styron

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Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain. – William Styron

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The madness of depression is the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained. – William Styron

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When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. – Clifton Fadiman

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The truest owner of a library is he who has bought each book for the love he bears to it; who is happy and content to say, “Here are my jewels, my choicest possessions!” – Frank Carr

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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. – Arabic proverb

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A dirty book is rarely dusty. – Author unknown

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I dont know if this is too weird to say, but this is completely surreal for me. Bizarre. The cover of Teen Vogue has been on my bucket list forever. – Lily Collins

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When you possess light within, you see it externally. – Anaïs Nin

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