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“Nothing is safe from you. If I were to court a girl who lived on an iceberg in the middle of the ocean, sooner or later— probably sooner— I’d look up to see you swooping overhead on a broomstick. In fact, by now I’d be disappointed in you if I didn’t see you.”
“Are you off to the iceberg today?” Sophie retorted.”
― Howl's Moving Castle
“Are you off to the iceberg today?” Sophie retorted.”
― Howl's Moving Castle
“Love, built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.”
― The Complete English Poems
― The Complete English Poems
“Hemingway has his classic moment in "The Sun Also Rises" when someone asks Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt. All he can say is, "Gradually, then suddenly." That's how depression hits. You wake up one morning, afraid that you're gonna live.”
― Prozac Nation
― Prozac Nation
“I'm not asking you to buy the milk, O'Flaherty, I just want you to grope the cow.”
― Shock & Awe
― Shock & Awe
“What are we calling that, exactly?” I ask.
Arthur ponders this for a moment. “Hmm. How about … Haphazard Medley Inspired By Radio on the Drive Over, Messrs. McCartney, Lennon, Harrison, and Starr, The Most Hideous Preteen Holiday Monstrosity Ever Inflicted Upon The Ears Of Longsuffering Parents, The Smiths Because I Know You Like Them, And A Great Deal Of Nonsense Made Up Spur Of The Moment, All For The Beautiful Boy Who Is Sitting Next To Me, Because Somehow, Amidst The Recent Chaos, Dissatisfaction, And Mediocrity Of My Existence, Lord Knows How, I Seem To Have Done Something Very Right.”
Oh, this guy.
“You’re never going to fit that on any album sleeves,” I say, leaning in to rest my forehead against his.
“Just the beautiful boy part, then,” he compromises, starting to smile.”
― Know Not Why
Arthur ponders this for a moment. “Hmm. How about … Haphazard Medley Inspired By Radio on the Drive Over, Messrs. McCartney, Lennon, Harrison, and Starr, The Most Hideous Preteen Holiday Monstrosity Ever Inflicted Upon The Ears Of Longsuffering Parents, The Smiths Because I Know You Like Them, And A Great Deal Of Nonsense Made Up Spur Of The Moment, All For The Beautiful Boy Who Is Sitting Next To Me, Because Somehow, Amidst The Recent Chaos, Dissatisfaction, And Mediocrity Of My Existence, Lord Knows How, I Seem To Have Done Something Very Right.”
Oh, this guy.
“You’re never going to fit that on any album sleeves,” I say, leaning in to rest my forehead against his.
“Just the beautiful boy part, then,” he compromises, starting to smile.”
― Know Not Why
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