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He hoped. He hoped until hope became its own form of torture. The original meaning of hope was ‘to desire’, and Robin wanted with every ounce of his being a world that no longer was.
“I don't talk things, sir,' said Faber. 'I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“Dumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think that there was a little more love in the world.”
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“Maybe that’s what religion is, hurling yourself off a cliff and trusting that something bigger will take care of you and carry you to the right place.”
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
“He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“There is no one of-woman-born who does not like Red Lobster cheddar biscuits. Anyone who claims otherwise is a liar and a Socialist.”
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