“Like dew I was born
Like dew I vanish
..and all that I have ever done
Is but a dream
Within a dream”
― Shōgun, Volume 1
Like dew I vanish
..and all that I have ever done
Is but a dream
Within a dream”
― Shōgun, Volume 1
“The most it ever seems we know how to do with time, is to waste it.”
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
“Do you know, darling? When you became involved with others you quite possibly stepped down a level or two, but If you become involved with me, you will be throwing yourself into the abyss.”
― Letters to Milena
― Letters to Milena
“I am dirty, Milena, endlessly dirty, that is why I make such a fuss about cleanliness. None sing as purely as those in deepest hell; it is their singing we take for the singing of angels.”
― Letters to Milena
― Letters to Milena
“You are the knife I turn inside myself; that is love. That, my dear, is love.”
― Letters to Milena
― Letters to Milena
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