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Abyss Quotes

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). “Basic Writings of Nietzsche”, p.279, Modern Library

It is because I dove into the abyss that I am beginning to love the abyss I am made of.

Clarice Lispector (1988). “The Passion According to G.H.”, p.139, U of Minnesota Press

We are two abysses - a well staring at the sky.

Fernando Pessoa (1996). “The Book of Disquietude: By Bernardo Soares, Assistant Bookkeeper in the City of Lisbon”

Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.

Henning Mankell (2013). “Italian Shoes: A Novel”, p.11, The New Press

Truth! Truth! Truth! crieth the Lord of the Abyss of Hallucinations

Aleister Crowley (1986). “Book of Lies”, Weiser Books

The human soul is an abyss

Fernando Pessoa (2006). “A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems”, p.185, Penguin

He drove his mind into the abyss where poetry is written.

George Orwell (1987). “The complete works of George Orwell”

The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time.

John Playfair (1822). “The Works of John Playfair ...: With a Memoir of the Author ...”, p.81