
“...you want the sweetness of our beginning without the bitterness of our struggle - what are you asking - do you want light without shadow? ...”
― A Familiar Rain
― A Familiar Rain

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Autumn Leaves
― Autumn Leaves

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
― The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
― The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

“Only then, invisible to everyone and with her curtains drawn, did she allow her tears to fall: in love, and for his hurts, and in terrible pride.”
― Tigana
― Tigana
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