“She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked or said a careless or a hasty thing, than of those whose presence of mind never varied, whose tongue never slipped.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“How foolish it is to wear oneself out in vain longing for warmth! Solitude is independence.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
“You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
“With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“I am stuffing your mouth with your
promises and watching
you vomit them out upon my face.”
― The Complete Poems
promises and watching
you vomit them out upon my face.”
― The Complete Poems
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