“The virtues of a superior man are like the wind; the virtues of a common man are like the grass; the grass, when the wind passes over it, bends.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“We all have souls of different ages”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“All I think of ever is that I love you.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“Then I grew up, and the beauty of succulent illusions fell away from me.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“I’m not sure what I’ll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.”
― The Ice Palace and Other Stories
― The Ice Palace and Other Stories
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