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“You’re looking at me like you’re trying to turn me to stone.” A faint and irresistible blush spread over Oliver’s cheeks.
“I declare
That later on,
Even in an age unlike our own,
Someone will remember who we are.”
― Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments
That later on,
Even in an age unlike our own,
Someone will remember who we are.”
― Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
― Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings
― Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings
“He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“A man moves through time. It means nothing except that, like a harpoon, once thrown he will arrive.”
― Autobiography of Red
― Autobiography of Red
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