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“I don't want you to write a poem for me
But it would be nice if you did.
And if you bought a rose for me
It would be OK too
But I don't want you to buy flowers
Necessarily.
I don't want you to carry my book bag
But if you feel like doing that
Spontaneously
I wouldn't stop you.
I wouldn't stop you being romantic
If that's what you wanted.”
― The Weight of Water
But it would be nice if you did.
And if you bought a rose for me
It would be OK too
But I don't want you to buy flowers
Necessarily.
I don't want you to carry my book bag
But if you feel like doing that
Spontaneously
I wouldn't stop you.
I wouldn't stop you being romantic
If that's what you wanted.”
― The Weight of Water
“Sometimes the apple rolls very far from the tree.”
― Pax
― Pax
“I thought once that gods are the opposite of death, but I see now they are more dead than anything, for they are unchanging, and can hold nothing in their hands.”
― Circe
― Circe
“When I was born, the word for what I was did not exist.”
― Circe
― Circe
“You are wise,” he said.
“If it is so,” I said, “it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.”
― Circe
“If it is so,” I said, “it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.”
― Circe
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