“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
― Paradise Lost
― Paradise Lost
“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.”
― Just Listen
― Just Listen
“Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all. If we have only one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
― Paradise Lost
― Paradise Lost
“From his lips/Not words alone pleased her.”
― Paradise Lost
― Paradise Lost
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