because i be what i be
Swan-white of heart, a sphinx no mortal knows,
My throne is in the heaven's azure deep;
I hate all movements that disturb my pose,
I smile not ever, neither do I weep.
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Quote reblogged from The final sentence.They went quietly down in the roaring streets, inseparable and blessed, and as they passed along in the sunshine and the shade, the noisy and the eager, and the arrogant and the forward and the vain, fretted and chafed, and made their usual uproar.Charles Dickens, from Little Dorrit (via the-final-sentence)
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Quote reblogged from Quote Book:The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.Jane Austen (via quote-book)
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Quote reblogged from the poor dancing girl she won't dance againDon’t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you’re not taking advantage of it?Ernest Hemingway (The Sun Also Rises)
(Source: quote-book)
