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“Death is the mother of beauty”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“When I was ignorant and small
I used to have great fun all day,
But now that I am wise and tall
I must pretend I never play;
And so whenever people look
I keep my eyes tight on my book.”
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I used to have great fun all day,
But now that I am wise and tall
I must pretend I never play;
And so whenever people look
I keep my eyes tight on my book.”
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“O sad, sad hills! O cold, cold hearth!
In sorrow he learned this truth —
One may return to the place of his birth,
He cannot go back to his youth.”
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In sorrow he learned this truth —
One may return to the place of his birth,
He cannot go back to his youth.”
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“Does such a thing as “the fatal flaw,” that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature”
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“Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings.”
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