“Be men, or be more than men. be steady to your purposes, and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable, and cannot withstand you, if you say that it shall not.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“Your reading should be fun. We only call them literary works. Really, though, it's all a form of play. So play, Dear Reader, play. And fare thee well.”
― How to Read Literature Like a Professor
― How to Read Literature Like a Professor
“For once, I felt, the system had worked perfectly. The jury had somehow managed to wade through the government’s misrepresentations and separate the guilty from the innocent.”
― Blood Covenant: The Story of the "Mafia Prince" Who Publicly Quit the Mob and Lived
― Blood Covenant: The Story of the "Mafia Prince" Who Publicly Quit the Mob and Lived
“What good is it to be pretty?"
"Well. . . pretty things are rare in this life."
"But what good are they?"
"Well . . . pretty things . . . like flowers and sunsets
and rubies and pretty girls, too . . . they're like billboards telling us that life is good.”
― Picnic
"Well. . . pretty things are rare in this life."
"But what good are they?"
"Well . . . pretty things . . . like flowers and sunsets
and rubies and pretty girls, too . . . they're like billboards telling us that life is good.”
― Picnic
“Human beings need to give and receive love. Does it really matter whom we choose to love so long as we are loving?”
― On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual
― On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual
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