Literary Contemplator Gifts

Samuel Beckett.

"They haven't said two words to each other—it's sad... I hope we don't end up like that." "They keep talking to each other—it's exhausting... So glad we don't have to do that."

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

Andre Gide.

"I don't know how this ends. . ."

A rose is a rose is a rose

"Son when I'm gone, all this will be yours!"

"I let go of all my earthly attachments, but there's one I can't seem to shake."

Caterpillar Paranoia

'What I especially like about being a philosopher-scientist is that I don't have to get my hands dirty.'

"If 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' and no one reads it, does it make a sound?"

Anton Chekhov

tbh 'tis better to have followed and been unfollowed than never to have followed at all lol #perspective.

"When I die, I want to come back at anything except a book of short stories."

Diy section in library

"Boy, I wish I had brought some magazines..."

William would often take long walks along the beach, seeking inspiration for his next timesheet.

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it — who cares?!"

'He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, who cares...'

"Hmm. What rhymes with layoffs?"

"'Science moves but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point.' Tennyson"

'They made him take a vow of silence so he'd have to stop complaining about his oath of poverty.'

Jean Genet.

"As a single diner, you will be seated at an awkward table by the restrooms where your lonely presence won't bother other diners."

Francois Mauriac.

Alcohol 'Nector of the Gods' 'Devils Brew!'

"What a lot of people don't realize is that I actually enjoy an incredibly rich interior life."

Rape of the Lock- The Cave of Spleen

"I would solve this story problem by developing the characters, heightening the conflict, and concluding with a satisfactory resolution."

Genius At Midnight

A Monk making T-shirts.

"Well, no, I wouldn't expect it to speak to you."

'Ahhhh...It's such a beautiful morning outside...the sun is shining...the birds are singing....'

"You remember the ex-husband in chapter one who caused her to reassess her whole life and seek a spiritual awakening? That was me."

'I live in quiet desperation - it was either that or Tunbridge Wells.'