“Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.”
― The Gift of the Magi
― The Gift of the Magi
“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”
― The History of Love
― The History of Love
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
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“What irritates me most of all about these morning people is their horribly good temper, as if they have been up for three hours and already conquered France.”
― Er ist wieder da
― Er ist wieder da
“But in the end it wasn't up to me. The bigs things never are. Birth, I mean, and death. And love. And what love bequeaths to us before we're born.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
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