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When I Read the Book

When I read the book, the biography famous, And is this then (said I) what the author calls a man’s life? And so will some one when I am dead and gone write my life? (As if any man really knew aught of my life, Why even I myself I often think know little or nothing of my real life, Only a few hints, a few diffused faint clews and indirections I seek for my own use to trace out here.) ...

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“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get...”

– Stephen King (via aeloquence)

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“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from...”

– W. Somerset Mougham (via cordisre)

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quotevadis: “You will notice that what we are aiming at when we fall in love is a very strange paradox. The paradox consists of the fact that when we fall in love we are seeking to re-find all or some of the people to whom we were attached as children. On the other hand we ask of our beloved to correct all of the wrongs that these early parents or siblings inflicted on us. So that love contains...

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“You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true...”

– Bob Marley (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)

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“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the...”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via hi-its-jess)

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“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a...”

– Elizabeth Taylor (via owlbeethere)

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“I want someone who will make me stop thinking. who will kiss me, and make me...”

– Gwendolyn Jones

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Sometimes I wish an older version of me could leave me a letter. I have always been very good at writing letters. I wish she would write about her life and the things she has achieved so far, and about the things and people she loves. I wish she would write about the people who love her and make her forget about the rest of the world and all the worries. I wish she would write about the troubles...

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