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“Great anguish lies in wait for those who long too greatly.”
― Mary Renault, The Persian Boy

“Thou whose injustice hath supplied the cause
That makes me quit the weary life I loathe,
As by this wounded bosom thou canst see
How willingly thy victim I become,
Let not my death, if haply worth a tear,
Cloud the clear heaven that dwells in thy bright eyes;

I would not have thee expiate in aught
The crime of having made my heart thy prey;
But rather let thy laughter gaily ring
And prove my death to be thy festival.
Fool that I am to bid thee! well I know
Thy glory gains by my untimely end.”
― Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote

“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“All these years you have made a boy of him. But with me, he shall be a man”
― Mary Renault, The Persian Boy