Abject Quote by Huysmans Joris-Karl Huysmans
““To love at a distance and without hope; never to possess; to dream chastely of pale charms and impossible kisses extinguished on the waxen brow of death: ah, that is something like it. A delicious straying away from the world, and never the return. As only the unreal is not ignoble and empty, existence must be admitted to be abominable. Yes, imagination is the only good thing which heaven vouchsafes to the skeptic and pessimist, alarmed by the eternal abjectness of life.””
About This Quote
Imagining love from afar offers a noble, escapist solace, while life’s harshness remains, making imagination the only comfort for skeptics.
In simple terms: Distant love imagines a noble escape from life’s bleakness.
Key Takeaway
Find solace in imagination.
Themes
love
distance
imagination
Mood
melancholic
philosophical
Type
Abject:1
Abominable:0
Charms:0
Chaste:0
Chastity:0
Death:1
Distance:1
Dream:1
Dreams:0
Empty:0
Emptyness:0
Eternal:1
Existence:1
Good thing:0
Heaven:0
Hope:0
Hopelessness:1
Ignoble:0
Imagination:1
Kiss:0
Kisses:0
Life:1
Love:1
Pale:0
Pessimism:0
Pessimist:0
Possess:0
Skeptic:1
Skepticism:1
Unreal:1
Without hope:0
World:0
Love At A Distance:1
Thing Heaven:0
Eternal Abjectness:1
When to use this quote
- creative writing
- philosophical contemplation
Key Concepts
unreal love
existential dread
skeptical comfort
Questions to Reflect On
- How does distance shape love?
- What role does imagination play in coping?
A Different Perspective
Imagination may detach from reality.
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