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for if it be true, as a celebrated writer has maintained, that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman’s love is declared, it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the
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Like poor Cathy, I myself have been smiling at Mr. Tilney’ charm. Falling in love first is never a great thing, especially if you are someone that’s “almost pretty”. It’s a tale as old as time.
“Empirically speaking, we are made of star stuff. Why aren’t we talking more about that?”
― The Argonauts
― The Argonauts
“How strange it is that when I was a child I tried to be like a grownup, yet as soon as I ceased to be a child I often longed to be like one.”
― Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
― Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
“Don't tear me from one prison, only to damn me to another.”
― Finvarra's Circus
― Finvarra's Circus
“I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.”
― No Exit
― No Exit
“Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be … when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am.”
― Death of a Salesman
― Death of a Salesman
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