Sublime
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He prided himself on his ability to judge by appearances, a pardonable weakness in one who was already fifty—an age when an intelligent, well-to-do man of the world always starts to take himself seriously, sometimes even against his better judgement.
Fyodor Dostoevsky • The Karamazov Brothers (Oxford World's Classics)
Primevally
Anna Burns • Milkman
We know what decisions we must make to avoid that ignominious, even pathetic end: protecting our sobriety, eschewing greed and paranoia, staying humble, retaining our sense of purpose, connecting to the larger world around us.
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
aberration
Jessica Anya Blau • Mary Jane: A Novel
one watched life in its curious crucible of pain and pleasure, one could
Oscar Wilde • The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wisehouse Classics - with original illustrations by Eugene Dété)
When we live from one adrenaline rush to another, we eventually exhaust our adrenal glands and burn out. Burnout is about as far from ecstasy as you can get.
Barbara Carrellas • Urban Tantra, Second Edition: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century
exultant.