“Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.”
— Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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“Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain.”
- Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
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To lovely humans who were excluded from invitations, left behind when they tied their shoes, forced to walk in the grass when the sidewalk was full, spoken over when you tried to contribute, whispered about or laughed at, given side-eye when you tried to fit in.... you are so worthy of love.
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Fictional men who have the "it's ok to murder but it's never ok to disrespect your wife" energy >>>>
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if i was a star and you were a star i would wink at you and blink at you and twinkle at you and the earthlings would call it science.
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“𝐼 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑒.”
—Clifton Gachagua
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Some stranger somewhere still remembers you because you were kind to them when no one else was.
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