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i might have more to say about this later, but elements of this made it feel like it was written specifically for me. i need to write analysis of this book like. now.
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"Insane that this book was written so specifically with me in mind. Queer history play retelling. Hal and Richard (II) parallels. Soooo me coded." — Nov 12, 2025 06:17PM
"Insane that this book was written so specifically with me in mind. Queer history play retelling. Hal and Richard (II) parallels. Soooo me coded." — Nov 12, 2025 06:17PM
“You're not hurt, Watson? For God's sake, say that you are not hurt!"
It was worth a wound -- it was worth many wounds -- to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.”
― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
It was worth a wound -- it was worth many wounds -- to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.”
― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
“If our love is a sin, then heaven must be full of such tender and selfless sinning as ours.”
― The Well of Loneliness
― The Well of Loneliness
“The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
“Had I as many souls as there be stars, I'd give them all for Mephistopheles!”
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