“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“The Darkling slumped back in his chair. “Fine,” he said with a weary shrug. “Make me your villain.”
― Shadow and Bone
― Shadow and Bone
“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”
― Between the Acts
― Between the Acts
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;
And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.
And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.”
― The Prophet
And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.
And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.”
― The Prophet
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