“Being by such a noble lover kissed,
This one, who ne'er from me shall be divided,
Kissed me upon the mouth all palpitating.”
― The Inferno
This one, who ne'er from me shall be divided,
Kissed me upon the mouth all palpitating.”
― The Inferno
“The created a displacement devise that separated solids into fragmented molecules.”
― Steel Blood
― Steel Blood
“Quaeritur huic alius; nec quisquam ex agmine tanto
audet adire virum manibusque inducere caestus.”
― The Aeneid (Translated): Latin and English
audet adire virum manibusque inducere caestus.”
― The Aeneid (Translated): Latin and English
“He fingers her stuff, her undies, a stocking. He winds it round his hand, tight silk, unwinds it, lays it back across the chair where it dangles like leg skin.”
― Blasted Things
― Blasted Things
“An eleven-year-old girl sitting on this fire escape could imagine that she was living in a tree.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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