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Luke Jones
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“If you want a person to help you, convince them that they've already helped you beyond saying. People will work hard to protect their legacy.”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
“People think anger is an edge, but anger is a weakness that poisons you and the environment around you.”
― Room to Dream
― Room to Dream
“Kindness may look for something in return, but that doesn’t make it any less kind.”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
“The growing number of politicians and newspaper-owners who aim to privatise the NHS need to fuck off ten times, then gargle a big bowl of diarrhoea. I pray that Vishnu purifies your heart in a dream tonight, or, failing that, that you fall down a deep well in February.”
― A Heart That Works
― A Heart That Works
“Perhaps he makes a choice. He chooses the memory of her. That’s why he turns. He doesn’t make the lover’s choice, but the poet’s.”
― Portrait of a Lady on Fire
― Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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