Top 16 Jonathan Hull Quotes
#1. 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 we are not masters of our fate, no matter how deluded we became during the weekend respite.
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#2. 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 the sum of all I read.
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#3. 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 and utter standstill.
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#4. 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 bit, ennobling us with the proper drama and tension and pathos.
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#5. Maybe other people are like mirrors that we see ourselves in; versions of ourselves that vary dramatically depending on the particular cut of glass.
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#6. Like most bookworms I read so as not to be alone, which often annoys those who are trying to make conversation with me.
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#7. I've known people whose faces rested naturally in a smile and I'm certain their lives were much different because of that.
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#8. 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 you are safe, or better than safe even, for a while at least. You are momentarily, in a state of grace.
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#9. 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 and recollection. That's where I lived my life, always wanting, longing, wishing.
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#10. During a moment of silence I close my eyes tight and let the birds take me. When I opened my eyes I saw her.
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#11. We are all eccentrics in our dreams. Lunatics, even.
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#12. ...and thinking how the first scent of autumn is like coming across a lost album of childhood photographs.
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#13. What I remember most is the searing sensation of looking into her eyes for the first time,eyes that would hunt me for the rest of my life
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#14. I wonder if music is the only expression of the soul that is not hopelessly compromised in communication.
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#15. No wonder such a big part of growing old is learning to lower one's expectations, only we call that maturity and wisdom so as not to sound too defeatist. When you are young you demand ecstasy; when you are old you settle for anything short of agony.
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#16. Without art; without paintings, books, sculpture and music, the human soul would be quite impenetrable, don't you think?
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