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“I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
“Somebody" said Jacques, "your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour--and in the oddest places!--for the lack of it.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“There was much to hate in this world and too much to love.”
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
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“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.”
― A Ring of Endless Light
― A Ring of Endless Light
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