“No rest without love, no sleep without dreams of love— be mad or chill obsessed with angels or machines, the final wish is love —cannot be bitter, cannot deny, cannot withhold if denied: the weight is too heavy”
― Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems
― Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems
“She had never imagined that curiosty was one of the many masks of love .”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.”
― The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
― The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
“She had that rare virtue of never existing completely except for that opportune moment”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
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