“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― The Brooklyn Follies
― The Brooklyn Follies
“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
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“Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
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