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“NOW the final copper light of afternoon fades; now the street beyond the low maples and the low signboard is prepared and empty, framed by the study window like a stage.”
― William Faulkner, Light in August

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“Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night

tags: thoughtful

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“Many people must live and die alone, even in Winesburg.”
― Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio

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“I will not kiss your fucking flag”
― E.E. Cummings, E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962

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“Some say thronging cavalry, some say foot soldiers, others call a fleet the most beautiful of sights the dark earth offers, but I say it's what- ever you love best.

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But that reminds me:

now my Anactória is gone,
and I'd rather see her lovely step, her sparkling glance and her face than gaze on all the troops in Lydia in their chariots and glittering armor.”
― Sappho, Poems

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