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“If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
“I hate him for himself, but despise him for the memories he revives.”
― Wuthering Heights
― Wuthering Heights
“O woman, you are not merely the handiwork of God, but also of men; these are ever endowing you with beauty from their hearts. Poets are weaving for you a web with threads of golden imagery; painters are giving your form ever new immortality. The sea gives its pearls, the mines their gold, the summer gardens their flowers to deck you, to cover you, to make you more precious. The desire of men's hearts has shed its glory over your youth. You are one half woman and one half dream.”
― The Gardener
― The Gardener
“By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.”
― Wuthering Heights
― Wuthering Heights
“I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. And it that's sinful, then let me be damned for it!”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
― A Streetcar Named Desire
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