“They had parted as boys, and now life presented one of them with a fugitive and the other with a dying man. Both wondered whether this was due to the cards they'd been dealt or to the way they had played them.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
“You were always afraid of being caught while making love, and that fear never allowed you to completely surrender to any of your partners.”
― The Pink Cadillac
― The Pink Cadillac
“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”
― Divergent
― Divergent
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don’t know any other way of loving.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don’t know any other way of loving.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
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