“He looks at you a lot. When you're not paying attention. He looks at you, to see if you're having a good time.”
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
“A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.”
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“Our sweetest songs are those of saddest thought.”
― The Complete Poems
― The Complete Poems
“You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
50 books to read before you die
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These are the named books: 1 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien 2 1984 by George Orwell 3 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4 The Gra ...more
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