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“Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.”
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“You’re being nicer to me than I've been to you lately," I said.
"Yes, I am. But then, Hitler was nicer to Poland than you've been to me lately.”
― What Scotland Taught Me
"Yes, I am. But then, Hitler was nicer to Poland than you've been to me lately.”
― What Scotland Taught Me
“You are my heart, my head, my spine-you are the beat thumping through every line, and that’s why I write–it’s the only time we can be side by side.”
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“I have plenty of friends," she says.
"Name one."
She looks at me.
Which I guess is sort of sweet.”
― Pastoralia
"Name one."
She looks at me.
Which I guess is sort of sweet.”
― Pastoralia
“The true and not despairing Friend will address his Friend in some such terms as these.
"I never asked thy leave to let me love thee,--I have a right. I love thee not as something private and personal, which is your own, but as something universal and worthy of love, which I have found. O, how I think of you! You are purely good, --you are infinitely good. I can trust you forever. I did not think that humanity was so rich. Give me an opportunity to live.”
― Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod
"I never asked thy leave to let me love thee,--I have a right. I love thee not as something private and personal, which is your own, but as something universal and worthy of love, which I have found. O, how I think of you! You are purely good, --you are infinitely good. I can trust you forever. I did not think that humanity was so rich. Give me an opportunity to live.”
― Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod
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