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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“One reads poetry because he is a member of the human race, and the human race is filled with passion!”
― N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society

“The trouble was, I hated the idea of serving men in any way.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“There’s the wonderful love of a beautiful maid, And the love of a staunch, true man, And the love of a baby that’s unafraid. All have existed since time began. But the most wonderful love, the Love of all loves, Even greater than the love for Mother, Is the infinite, tenderest, passionate love, Of one dead drunk for another.”
― N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society

“But it was true that for the first time, he was able to comprehend that the people he had grown to trust might someday betray him anyway, and that as disappointing as it might be, it was inevitable as well, and that life would keep propelling him steadily forward, because for everyone who might fail him in some way, there was at least one person who never would.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“Life is so sad, he would think in those moments. It’s so sad, and yet we all do it. We all cling to it; we all search for something to give us solace. But”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince