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After closing the pages of this book, I'm left raw, my chest aching, and my waste basket filled with tissues. The love between Achilles and Patroclus is a dream I wish I could live. Their relationship feels like the warm sun on my skin, a collection
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“If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according what others think, you will never be rich.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“Yes, you are nosy. You're a dreadfully nosy, horribly bossy, appallingly clean old woman. Control yourself. You're victimizing us all.”
― Howl’s Moving Castle
― Howl’s Moving Castle
“Really, these wizards! You'd think no one had ever had a cold before! Well, what is it?" she asked, hobbling through the bedroom door onto the filthy carpet.
"I'm dying of boredom," Howl said pathetically. "Or maybe just dying.”
― Howl’s Moving Castle
"I'm dying of boredom," Howl said pathetically. "Or maybe just dying.”
― Howl’s Moving Castle
“I think we ought to live happily ever after," and she thought he meant it. Sophie knew that living happily ever after with Howl would be a good deal more hair-raising than any storybook made it sound, though she was determined to try. "It should be hair-raising," added Howl.
"And you'll exploit me," Sophie said.
"And then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me.”
― Howl’s Moving Castle
"And you'll exploit me," Sophie said.
"And then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me.”
― Howl’s Moving Castle
“Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the same horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.
Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
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