“He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced--or seemed to face--the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Jack, you've debauched my sloth.”
― H.M.S. Surprise
― H.M.S. Surprise
“Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement.”
― The Commodore
― The Commodore
“Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.'
That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.”
― H.M.S. Surprise
That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.”
― H.M.S. Surprise
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