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“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
“What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.”
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“Beyond the reef's white surf the water was a deep blue, as if in shadow, but in here it was emerald so dazzling you'd think the sand below contained a source of energy as strong as the sun.”
― We, the Drowned
― We, the Drowned
“Do all lovers feel like they're inventing something?”
― Portrait of a Lady on Fire
― Portrait of a Lady on Fire
“The two years
You were my lover
Are the two most important pages
In the book of modern love.
All the pages before and after
Were blank.
These pages
Are the lines of the equator
Passing between your lips and mine
They are the measures of time
That are used
To set the clocks of the world.”
― Arabian Love Poems: Full Arabic and English Texts
You were my lover
Are the two most important pages
In the book of modern love.
All the pages before and after
Were blank.
These pages
Are the lines of the equator
Passing between your lips and mine
They are the measures of time
That are used
To set the clocks of the world.”
― Arabian Love Poems: Full Arabic and English Texts
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