Knowledge is power-and power of one sort or another is the secret lust of human souls; and here is, beside the sense of exploration, the undefinable interest of a story, and above all, something forbidden, to stimulate the contumacious appetite.
You are afraid to die?' Yes, everyone is.' But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together. Girls are caterpillars when th… - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
You are afraid to die?' Yes, everyone is.' But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together. Girls are caterpillars when th…
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Old persons are sometimes as unwilling to die as tired-out children are to say good night and go to bed. - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Old persons are sometimes as unwilling to die as tired-out children are to say good night and go to bed.
Nevertheless, life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either. - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Nevertheless, life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either.
What a fool I was! and yet, in the sight of angels, are we any wiser as we grow older? It seems to me, only, that our illusions change as we go on; b… - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
What a fool I was! and yet, in the sight of angels, are we any wiser as we grow older? It seems to me, only, that our illusions change as we go on; b…
I remember everything about it—with an effort. I see it all, as divers see what is going on above them, through a medium, dense, rippling, but transp… - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
I remember everything about it—with an effort. I see it all, as divers see what is going on above them, through a medium, dense, rippling, but transp…
Dearest, your little heart is wounded; think me not cruel because I obey the irresistible law of my strength and weakness; if your dear heart is woun… - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Dearest, your little heart is wounded; think me not cruel because I obey the irresistible law of my strength and weakness; if your dear heart is woun…
You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish; the more ardent the more selfish. How jealous I am you cannot know. You must come … - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish; the more ardent the more selfish. How jealous I am you cannot know. You must come …
But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please… - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please…
There is no dealing with great sorrow as if it were under the control of our wills. It is a terrible phenomenon, whose laws we must study, and to who… - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
There is no dealing with great sorrow as if it were under the control of our wills. It is a terrible phenomenon, whose laws we must study, and to who…
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