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“You know I love you, right?” But it’s not the same. Not enough. Not enough to make him stay. And I just happen to love him enough to make him go.
“Politicians often talk too much and listen too little, which can be self-defeating, for in many instances the surer route to winning a friend is not to convince them that you are right but that you care what they think.”
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
“Once in a while i am struck
all over again... by just how blue
the sky appears .. on wind-played
autumn mornings, blue enough
to bruise a heart.”
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all over again... by just how blue
the sky appears .. on wind-played
autumn mornings, blue enough
to bruise a heart.”
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“When Milly smiled it was a public event—when she didn’t it was a chapter of history. They”
― The Wings of the Dove
― The Wings of the Dove
“Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.”
― Ethics
― Ethics
“The first breath of autumn was in the air, a prodigal feeling, a feeling of wanting, taking, and keeping before it is too late.”
― A Month in the Country
― A Month in the Country
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