“Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us.”
― Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
― Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
“She moved from being a young woman into having the angular look of a queen, someone who has made her face with her desire to be a certain kind of person. He still likes that about her. Her smartness, the fact that she did not inherit that look or that beauty, but it was something searched for and that it will always reflect a present stage of her character.”
― The English Patient
― The English Patient
“I arise from dreams of thee,
And a spirit in my feet
Has led me- who knows how?
To thy chamber-window, Sweet!”
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And a spirit in my feet
Has led me- who knows how?
To thy chamber-window, Sweet!”
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“I’m not sad, but the boys who are looking for sad girls always find me. I’m not a girl anymore and I’m not sad anymore. You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated, so that people can say ‘Wow, isn't he so terribly brave to love a girl who is so obviously sad?’ You think I’ll be the dark sky so you can be the star? I’ll swallow you whole.”
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“She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it.”
― A Gun for Sale
― A Gun for Sale
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