“To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.”
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“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
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“Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.”
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“Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'
The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.
Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.'
Didn't you mean them?'
At the moment.”
― The Painted Veil
The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.
Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.'
Didn't you mean them?'
At the moment.”
― The Painted Veil
“The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones.”
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