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“He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“It is the fate of the young never to learn,” the centaur sighed. “I suppose it is arrogance and unwavering self-belief that propels them to their triumphs, just as surely as it is arrogance and unwavering self-belief that unseats them and sends them plummeting to their ends.”
― Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined
― Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined
“Did we fly swiftly toward the stars until our wings tired, and are we descending now into the abyss? Or was Love asleep when he came to us, and did he, when he woke, become angry and decide to punish us? Or did our spirits turn the nights’ breeze into a wind that tore us to pieces and blew us likedust to the depth of the valley?”
― The Broken Wings
― The Broken Wings
“It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created in years or even generations.”
― The Broken Wings
― The Broken Wings
“I remember turning my head and gazing down at the floor. I recommend this gesture to anyone who doesn’t have a response readily to hand, or even to those who fear meeting the other person’s eyes. In such instances, some people prefer to recite a stanza from The Lusiads, whereas others opt for whistling a bar or two of Norma; I stick to the gesture already described; it’s much simpler and requires less effort.”
― Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
― Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
Mukesh’s 2024 Year in Books
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