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“Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this boy and then that one kiss you, when it didn't mean a thing. But it was wonderful when Joe Willard kissed her. And it did mean a thing.”
― Betsy and Joe
― Betsy and Joe
“A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now.”
― Gravity’s Rainbow
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― Angle of Repose
“Who, if I cried, would hear me among the angelic orders? And even if one of them suddenly pressed me against his heart, I should fade in the strength of his stronger existence. For beauty's nothing but the beginning of terror we're still just able to bear.”
― Duino Elegies
― Duino Elegies
“I wish I could live a thousand lives so I could fall in love with you a thousand times”
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― A Sky Beyond the Storm
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