“She is written in a foreign tongue.”
― The Portrait of a Lady
― The Portrait of a Lady
“Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams,
Now I wash the gum from your eyes,
You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light
and of every moment of your life”
― Leaves of Grass
Now I wash the gum from your eyes,
You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light
and of every moment of your life”
― Leaves of Grass
“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.”
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“You will recognize your own path
when you come upon it
because you will suddenly have all the energy
and imagination you will ever need.”
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when you come upon it
because you will suddenly have all the energy
and imagination you will ever need.”
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“Give me the splendid, silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.”
― Leaves of Grass
― Leaves of Grass
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