“There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“A story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her mind to her reader's. It was a magical process, so commonplace that no one stopped to wonder at it.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
“For you, a thousand times over”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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