“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
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“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more”
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There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more”
―
“It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears
is said to be seen in San Francisco.
It must be a delightful city and possess
all the attractions of the next world.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
is said to be seen in San Francisco.
It must be a delightful city and possess
all the attractions of the next world.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“I was in the black silence of a medieval street, and blindly I followed its sharp turns, comforted by the height of its narrow tenements, which seemed at any moment capable of falling together, closing this alleyway under indifferent stars like a seam.”
― Interview with the Vampire
― Interview with the Vampire
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