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Jacques, whose body was a poem, knew that his poem would always be read more attentively than any letter from such a vulgar writer as he. This unusual person, through contact with a beloved woman, had acquired all the feminine wiles.
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“Marx wrote that 'History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.' This was witty but far from true. History is never repeated, but it borrows, steals, echoes and commandeers the past to create a hybrid, something unique out of the ingredients of past and present.”
― The Romanovs, 1613-1918
― The Romanovs, 1613-1918
“You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“and he held out his hand. Maurice took it, and they knew at that moment the greatest triumph an ordinary man can win. They saw now how natural it was that their abandonment to each other at Penge should have led to peril. They knew too little about each other—and too much. Hence fear.”
― Alec
― Alec
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