“Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“Do you know a cure for me?"
"Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water."
"Salt water?" I asked him.
"Yes," he said, "in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.”
― Seven Gothic Tales
"Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water."
"Salt water?" I asked him.
"Yes," he said, "in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.”
― Seven Gothic Tales
“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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