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“No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure. Happiness is a glory shining far down upon us out of Heaven. She is a divine dew which the soul, on certain of its summer mornings, feels dropping upon it from the amaranth bloom and golden fruitage of Paradise.”
― Villette
― Villette
“The only perspective is to really be there.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“But you don't fuck me cold-heartedly,' she protested.
'I don't want to fuck you at all.'
Lady Chatterly's Lover”
― Lady Chatterley's Lover
'I don't want to fuck you at all.'
Lady Chatterly's Lover”
― Lady Chatterley's Lover
“Never reproach him with his own weakness, for then he will become wholly weak. Never let him feel that but for you he would be useless, for then he will indeed become useless. You must search for the few strong threads in him and weave your fabric with those, and where the threads are weak, never trust to them. Supply your own in secret.”
― Pavilion of Women
― Pavilion of Women
“Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.”
― Tortilla Flat
― Tortilla Flat
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