“I never asked where he went, worried he wouldn’t ask me to follow.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart—by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“What is more important, that Caesar is assassinated or that he is assassinated by his intimate friends?”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“Every little twerp is descended from Heracles these days, it’s practically a requirement for entry to polite society”
― Ithaca
― Ithaca
“For someone who loved words as much as I did, it was amazing how often they failed me.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
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