emptying out of my mother’s belly
was my first act of disappearance
learning to shrink for a family
who likes their daughters invisible
was the second
the art of being empty
is simple
believe them when they say
you are nothing
repeat it to yourself
like a wish
i am nothing
i am nothing
i am nothing
so often
the only reason you know
you’re still alive is from the
heaving of your chest
- the art of being empty
This superb novel by Bronte, literally enchanted me for a while even though I've finished. The way somebody's emotions transferred me directly is the writer's magic. Also, I really enjoyed the references to Shakespeare, Greek mythology and other English novels. Besides, I liked the kind-of-gothic atmosphere of the book. The gloomy imagery fits the fiction.
My favourite quotes from the book:
“Do you think I am an automaton?–a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!–I have as much soul as you,–and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;–it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal,–as we are!”
“Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear. Your mind is my treasure, and if it were broken, it would be my treasure still.” –Mr. Rochester
“I can live alone if self-respect and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.”
Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë · Can Yayınları · 202031,3bin okunma
you are nothing
repeat it to yourself
like a wish
i am nothing
i am nothing
i am nothing
so often
the only reason you know
you’re still alive is from the
heaving of your chest
Madoc barks out a laugh, his gaze going to me. “Daughter, every time I think you cannot rise any higher, you prove me wrong,” he says. “And I a fool to wonder if you were even still alive.”
“I am alive,” I say. “No thanks to you.”
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Hayat denilen Highway engebeli, yokuşlu inişli ama mesele düşmemek, yürümeye devam etmek. Tüm yolların ardından "But I am still alive" diyebilmeniz dileğiyle..
ONCE UPON A time there was a king who had three beautiful daughters. These daughters grew to be women, and the women had children, beautiful children, so many, many children, only something bad happened ,
something stupid ,
criminal ,
terrible ,
something avoidable ,
something that never should have happened ,
and yet something that
" I think it s time I had to speak now. My love for you is still alive. I cannot love anybody but you. Why do you think I'm here in Bath? For you. What do I think about all day? Nobody else but you. You must see that I'm here waiting for you. - after eight and a half years now, I'm here waiting for you. Please do not tell me that I am to late. F.W."
I spin in circles and shoot and shoot and shoot. I keep pulling the triggers until the bank guard shoots me in the back of the head. I am still alive when I start to fall, but I die before I hit the floor.