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“I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen, and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him.”
― Wuthering Heights
― Wuthering Heights
“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.”
― Antigone
― Antigone
“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
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