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“And empty words are evil.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“τέτλαθι δή, κραδίη: καὶ κύντερον ἄλλο ποτ᾽ ἔτλης.
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Be patient, my heart: for you have endured things worse than this before.”
― The Odyssey
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Be patient, my heart: for you have endured things worse than this before.”
― The Odyssey
“…Grant me, sad renewal,
the odour of childhood,
that welcomed meagre joy,
already sick with a secret love
of telling stories to the waters.”
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the odour of childhood,
that welcomed meagre joy,
already sick with a secret love
of telling stories to the waters.”
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“And yet
to wine, to opium even, I prefer
the elixir of your lips on which love flaunts itself;
and in the wasteland of desire
your eyes afford the wells to slake my thirst.”
― Les Fleurs du Mal
to wine, to opium even, I prefer
the elixir of your lips on which love flaunts itself;
and in the wasteland of desire
your eyes afford the wells to slake my thirst.”
― Les Fleurs du Mal
“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”
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