“Most people were heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after it has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“I'm Willem Ragnarsson. And I will never let you go.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“I could not make him a god," she says. Her jagged voice, rich with grief.
/But you made him./”
― The Song of Achilles
/But you made him./”
― The Song of Achilles
“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
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