“The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,
Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.”
“Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.”
“Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.”
“Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we women are the most wretched. When, for an extravagant sum, we have bought a husband, we must then accept him as possessor of our body.”
“Ruthless is the temper of royalty; How much better to live among the equals.Let me decline in a safe old age. The very name of the "middle way".”
“Yes, I can endure guilt, however horrible; The laughter of my enemies I will not endure. Now”
“O Zeus, why is it you have given men clear ways of testing whether gold is counterfeit but, when it comes to men, the body carries no stamp of nature for distinguishing bad from good.”
“You are either Now Here or Nowhere.”
“I listen as he becomes a victim to his own seduction”
“there are others who are bitter and angry.”
“Is that really love? When it happens so fast?
She sighed. Paused the movie. Sighed again.
Some would say it's only love after you've been together long enough to work out who takes out the trash. And there's something to that. That part of love where you have to work at it. Learn to live together. But when you set eyes on that person, it's something. Call it what you want. If it turns into love, then maybe it's just love in all its stages. It's still real”
“The Sugar Plum Fairy has the farthest to fall.”
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