Jonathan Hull Quotes

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• Maybe other people are like mirrors that we see ourselves in; versions of ourselves that vary dramatically depending on the particular cut of glass.
• I’ve always hated Mondays, the whole lot of them. Too much whiplash, snapping the tired masses to attention. God’s way, perhaps, of reminding us that…
• I wonder if music is the only expression of the soul that is not hopelessly compromised in communication.
• Why does the longing for love have to be so acute, like a desperate thirst? Is it because love is wanting to be saved and…
• Maybe what life needs is a good soundtrack, especially during the long stretches when nothing interesting is being said. A soundtrack might dignify things a…
• Books aren’t just my defenses, the sandbags I use to fortify my position; they are also the building blocks of my soul, and I am…
• We are all eccentrics in our dreams. Lunatics, even.
• So who is better off, those who share love long enough to see which parts inevitably fade or those who lose their love when it…
• If love doesn’t triumph, it ought to. For love is the one thing we have that feels more powerful than even death; the only respite…
• Love is self-explanatory: the right person makes you feel well nigh immortal, vaccinating you with their affections. So long as you remain in their heart…
• I've known people whose faces rested naturally in a smile and I'm certain their lives were much different because of that.
• It is said that life is too short, and that’s quite true, unless you are lonely. Loneliness can bring time to its knees; an absolute…
• I don’t think we ever really live in the present; instead, we’re either just this side of the past or future, wavering anxiously between anticipation…
• I think we all look for clues that we are not utterly alone... Clues we find in literature and paintings and music and even someone’s…

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