Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever.
("I Capture the Castle")
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I believe it is customary to get one's washing over first in baths and bask afterwards; personally, I bask first. I have discovered that the first few minutes are the best and not to be wasted-- my brain always seethes with ideas and life suddenly looks much better than did.Dodie Smith
Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real.
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My hand is very tired but I want to go on writing. I keep resting and thinking. All day I have been two people - the me imprisoned in yesterday and the me out here on the mound; and now there is a third me trying to get in - the me in what is going to happen next.
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The key to all knowledge comes in words of just one syllable, apparently.... There's only the last page left to write on. I'll fill it with words of just one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.
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For though he had very little Latin beyond Cave canem, he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty leather binding).
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