

“The only people to whose opinions I listen now with any respect are people much younger than myself. They seem in front of me. Life has revealed to them her latest wonder. As for the aged, I always contradict the aged. I do it on principle. If you ask them their opinion on something that happened yesterday, they solemnly give you the opinions current in 1820, when people wore high stocks, believed in everything, and knew absolutely nothing.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"Kind," said the boy.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
"Kind," said the boy.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
“What do you think is the biggest waste of time?"
"Comparing yourself to others," said the mole.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
"Comparing yourself to others," said the mole.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

“The light of my eyes, I said, light of my eyes, light of the world, that's what you are, light of my life. I didn't know what light of my eyes meant, and part of me wondered where on earth had I fished out such claptrap, but it was nonsense like this that brought tears now, tears I wished to down in his pillow, soak in his bathing suit, tears I wanted him to touch with the tip of his tongue and make sorrow go away.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
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