“If you forget everything else about me, please remember this. I walked down that street and I never looked back and I love you. I love you. I love you so much that I shall hate you for ever for today.”
― The Magus
― The Magus
“I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll have to do something for it.”
― The Secret Agent
― The Secret Agent
“Wars are facts we cannot fuck away, Perry; nor laugh away, either.”
― Wise Children
― Wise Children
“The tragedy of preparedness has scarcely been handled, save by the Greeks. Life is indeed dangerous, but not in the way morality would have us believe. It is indeed unmanageable, but the essence of it is not a battle. It is unmanageable because it is a romance, and its essence is romantic beauty.”
― Howards End
― Howards End
“No doubt it is true that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repented than over all the saints who consistently remain holy, and the rare, sudden gentlenesses of arrogant people have infinitely more effect than the continual gentleness of gentle people. Arrogance turned gentle melts the heart.”
― The Magnificent Ambersons
― The Magnificent Ambersons
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