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“The night below. We two. Crystal of pain. You wept over great distances. My ache was a clutch of agonies over your sickly heart of sand.”

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Federico Garcia Lorca

Spanish poet and playwright, considered one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century. His works blend traditional and modern elements, deeply influenced by Spanish folklore and theater. more

“He refused categorically all ideas of fidelity or serious commitments. He explained that they were arbitrary and sterile. From anyone else such views would have shocked me, but I knew that in his case they did not exclude tenderness and devotion - feelings which came all the more easily to him since he was determined that they should be transient.”

Should Ideas Feelings Views Cases Serious Commitment Determined Devotion Tenderness Shocked Arbitrary Fidelity Transient

Book:BONOUR TRISTESSE

Source: BONOUR TRISTESSE

“I found myself both touched and irritated by the discovery that she was vulnerable.”

Found Discovery Vulnerable Touched Irritated

Book:BONOUR TRISTESSE

Source: BONOUR TRISTESSE

“What you call types of mind are only mental ages.”

Mind Age Type

Book:BONOUR TRISTESSE

Source: BONOUR TRISTESSE

“My love of pleasure seems to be the only consistent side of my character. Is it because I have not read enough?”

Enough Character Seems Sides Pleasure Consistent

Book:BONOUR TRISTESSE

Source: BONOUR TRISTESSE

“I did not find him absurd. I saw he was kind, that he was on the verge of real love. I thought it would be nice for me to be in love with him, too.”

Kind Real Would Be Saws Nice Absurd Real Love Being Nice Verge

Book:BONOUR TRISTESSE

Source: BONOUR TRISTESSE

“He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.”

Moments Light Morning Protect Shoulders Golden Gentle That Moment Morning Light

Book:BONOUR TRISTESSE

Source: BONOUR TRISTESSE

“We can't always do what we think we have to do. So when there's nothing else you can do, you wait... No matter what... pressure... you might feel.”

Thinking Feels Matter Might Waiting Can Do Pressure No Matter What

Book:Dearly Devoted Dexter

Source: Dearly Devoted Dexter

“The pressure to make public retractions of past statements - there's something medieval about it. What does it mean, anyway, to 'retract' what you've said? How can anyone state categorically that a thought he once had is no longer valid? In modern times an idea can be refuted, yes, but not retracted.”

Mean Doe Said Ideas States Past Modern Pressure Statements Medieval Modern Times

Author:Milan Kundera

“I loved him, officer. More than any woman ever loved an egg.”

Eggs Officers

Author:Jasper Fforde

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