Nettle

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
― Nikolai V. Gogol

“Table talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' Talk is clouds, Table Talk is smoke."

Les Miserables”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Oh, he was detestable! She swung round on her heel and marched into the house. She grabbed hold of the door to shut it with a bang, but the hook which held it open was too heavy for her. She struggled with it, panting.
"May I help you?" he asked.
Feeling that she would burst a blood vessel if she stayed another minute, she stormed up the stairs. And as she reached the upper floor, she heard him obligingly slam the door for her.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind