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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

bookshelves: fantasy, general-fiction, currently-reading

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Apr 20, 2026 06:11PM

“I think here I will leave you. It has come to seem
there is no perfect ending.
Indeed, there are infinite endings.
Or perhaps, once one begins,
there are only endings.”
― Louise Glück, Faithful and Virtuous Night

tags: endings, poetry

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“Why me?

He says: Because you are not like all the others, because I don't see anyone but you and you don't even realize it.

He adds this phrase, which for me is unforgettable: Because you will leave and we will stay.”
― Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

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“At first I saw you everywhere.
Now only in certain things,
at longer intervals.”
― Louise Glück

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“I want
To do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
― Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

tags: love

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“Even before you touched me, I belonged to you; all you had to do was look at me.”
― Louise Glück

tags: love, unrequited-love

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