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our lips at last, Though it may yield the briny taste of tears, For this we have foregone our joy of youth, For this we have lived bitter, patient years ...
“…you almost believe that you will never come to the end of a roll of tape; and when you do, there is a feeling, nearly, though very briefly, of shock and grief.”
― The Mezzanine
― The Mezzanine
“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
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“It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person's eyes alone!”
― Hidden art
― Hidden art
“She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“The warmly cool, clear, ringing perfumed, overflowing, redundant days, were as crystal goblets of Persian sherbet, heaped up — flaked up, with rose-water snow.”
― 100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature [volume 2]
― 100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature [volume 2]
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