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“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
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“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”
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“Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it.”
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“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“And what is a kiss, specifically? A pledge properly sealed, a promise seasoned to taste, a vow stamped with the immediacy of a lip, a rosy circle drawn around the verb 'to love.' A kiss is a message too intimate for the ear, infinity captured in the bee's brief visit to a flower, secular communication with an aftertaste of heaven, the pulse rising from the heart to utter its name on a lover's lip: 'Forever.”
― Cyrano de Bergerac
― Cyrano de Bergerac
Martha’s 2025 Year in Books
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