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“Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.”
― Jalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî, The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

“She loved him so much she concealed his name in many phrases, the inner meanings known only to her.”
― Rumi, The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“The Heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care”
― Emily Dickinson

“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”
― oscar wilde

“You will always fall in love, and it will always be like having your throat cut, just that fast.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

“Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

“Maybe it's just hiding somewhere. Or gone on a trip to come home. But falling in love is always a pretty crazy thing. It might appear out of the blue and just grab you. Who knows — maybe even tomorrow.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

“When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it. That's what I think. It's just a form of sincerity.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
― Emily Dickinson

“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.”
― Emily Dickinson

“I am no more lonely than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a
bean leaf, or sorrel, or a horse-fly, or a bumblebee. I am no more lonely
than the Mill Brook, or a weathercock, or the north star, or the south
wind, or an April shower, or a January thaw, or the first spider in a new
house.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?"

"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."

"To establish ties?"

"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Họ muốn con mình có bằng cấp của Tây, nhưng nếu chúng thấm nhuần văn hoá và suy nghĩ phương Tây - ví dụ con gái không chịu lấy chồng hay con trai mà đi học triết học - thì họ sẽ rất hốt hoảng. Người Việt không muốn thành phương Tây đâu, họ chỉ mơ cuộc sống vật chất phương Tây mà thôi. Có thể nói là giấc mơ phương Tây bị mắc kẹt trong cái bảo thủ phương Đông.”
― Đặng Hoàng Giang

“Không có những khái niệm và kiến thức cơ bản về nghệ thuật, người xem sẽ chỉ nhìn mà không hiểu, mà hiểu biết là một yêu cầu cơ bản để thưởng thức nghệ thuật. Các bom tấn nghệ thuật không có tác động trong việc nâng cao hiểu biết nghệ thuật của công chúng, do đó chức năng "dân chủ hoá" của chúng là hạn chế.”
― Đặng Hoàng Giang, Bức Xúc Không Làm Ta Vô Can

“Nhưng những gì muốn nói y hệt mâm cơm, dọn nửa giờ đã mỏi mòn nguội lạnh. Hy vọng héo, giờ còn khoái cảm nữa, mới kỳ. Chẳng ai chết vì ngậm lời hết.”
― Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, Đảo