Melanie
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“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry 'Monster!' and looked behind him.”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
“So we grew together,
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition,
Two lovely berries moulded on one stem.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition,
Two lovely berries moulded on one stem.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“She moved like a poem and smiled like a sphinx.”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
“Love is a luxury."
"No. Love is an element."
An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
"No. Love is an element."
An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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