“A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it.”
― The King Must Die
― The King Must Die
“That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns
“All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. When you grow up, you'll discover that you have defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered foolishness. If you're a good warrior you will not blame yourself for this, but neither will you allow your mistakes to repeat themselves.”
― The Fifth Mountain
― The Fifth Mountain
“Love is merely a madness; and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do; and the reason why they are not so punish'd and cured is that the lunacy is so
ordinary that the whippers are in love too.”
― As You Like It
ordinary that the whippers are in love too.”
― As You Like It
“How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them! ”
― Jane Austen's Letters
― Jane Austen's Letters
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