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“Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.”
― The Consolation of Philosophy
― The Consolation of Philosophy
“Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe. There is no gift for the beloved. The lover alone possesses his gift of love. The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glare of the lover’s inward eye.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
“As far as possible, join faith to reason.”
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“I inhale hope with every breath I take.”
― When Christ and His Saints Slept
― When Christ and His Saints Slept
“Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”
― A Clash of Kings
― A Clash of Kings
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