“Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty .”
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“My reputation as a ladies' man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.”
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“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
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Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
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“He shoveled the bacon out on a plate and broke the eggs in the hot grease and they jumped and fluttered their edges to brown lace and made clucking sounds.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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