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“And I realized that such childishness was fantastic at my age and the happiness out of which it sprang yet more so; for that moment I really loved Giovanni, who had never seemed more beautiful than he was that afternoon. And, watching his face, I realized that it meant much to me that I could make his face so bright. I saw that I might be willing to give a great deal not to lose that power. And I felt myself flow toward him, as a river rushes when the ice breaks up.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“P.S. Ever the best of friends.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“You have been in every prospect I have ever seen since — on the river, on the sails of the ships, on the marshes, in the clouds, in the light, in the darkness, in the wind, in the woods, in the sea, in the streets.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“But you can't get her there; there is no road to the moon: it is all air; and neither you nor she can fly.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre