“Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.”
― Reflections or Sentences and Moral Maxims
― Reflections or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“Our body remains alive, yet sooner or later our soul will receive a mortal blow. The perfect crime--for we don't know who murdered our joy, what their motives were, or where the guilty parties are to be found.”
― The Witch of Portobello
― The Witch of Portobello
“How many of us will be saved the pain of seeing the most important things in our lives disappearing from one moment to the next? I don't just mean people, but our ideas and dreams too: we might survive a day, a week, a few years, but we're all condemned to lose. Our body remains alive, yet sooner or later our soul will receive the mortal blow. The perfect crime - for we don't know who murdered our joy, what their motives were, or where the guilty parties are to be found...they too are the victims of the reality they created.”
― The Witch of Portobello
― The Witch of Portobello
“I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.”
― The Witch of Portobello
― The Witch of Portobello
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