Yasmine

“From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“なるかみの, すこしとよみて,
さしくもり,
あめもふらぬか,
きみをとどめむ

[A faint clap of thunder,
Clouded skies,
Perhaps rain will come.
If so, will you stay here with me?]

なるかみの,すこしとよみて,
ふらずとも,
わはとどまらむ,
いもしとどめば

[A faint clap of thunder,
Even if rain comes or not,
I will stay here,
Together with you.]

万葉集 11, 2514 - 2513 (Man'yōshū vol. 11, verse 2514 - 2513)”
― Man'yōshū

“I verily believe that her not remembering and not minding in the least, made me cry again, inwardly - and that is the sharpest crying of all”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History