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philosophors · 23 hours

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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”

— Carl Jung

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typewriter-worries · 1 year

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If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin

[ Text ID: He grins again and everything inside me / moves. Oh, love. Love. ]

#call it what it is; love #you were the sunshine whenever you smiled #james baldwin #if beale street could talk #my upload #literature quote #literature #dark academia #classic academia #light academia

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linmeiwei · 3 months

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Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign

#vorkosigan saga #miles vorkosigan #lois mcmaster bujold #literature quote

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words-and-coffee · 3 months

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I will vanish in the morning light; I was only an invention of darkness.

Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories; from The Lady of the House of Love

#Angela Carter #The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories #quote #quotes #lit #literature #book #book quote #book quoites #The Lady of the House of Love #lit quote #lit quotes #literature quote #literature quotes

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de-la-bibliotheque · 2 months

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'Can you see the sunset real good from the West Side?' She blinked, startled, the smiled. 'Real good.' 'You can see it good from the East Side, too.'

S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

#se hinton #the outsiders #literature #book #quote #books #literature quote #lit quote #i read ya #sunset #greasers #socs

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jojoblessed365 · 6 months

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"Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. It's all about how much you love each other every day."

#literature quote #true love #pure unadulterated love #soulmate quotes #light academia #quotes about love

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emiliosandozsequence · 5 months

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'the chicago train', first born, louise glück

#louise gluck #poetry #literature #poetry quote #literature quote #quotes #mine #bqs #idk how many of these i'll post bc i know every poem i'm going to be like 'oh yes banger oh yes banger oh yes banger'

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collagejournals · 10 months

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There is a point around age 20 when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.

The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Leguin

#the dispossessed #Ursula K Leguin #ursula k. Leguin #literature quote #literature quotes #quotes #20s

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rosariumpartone · 1 year

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quote from The Roses’ Lament

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artdecoandmodernist · 1 year

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That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

#literature #quote #literature quote #belonging #loneliness #isolation #universal longings #F. Scott Fitzgerald #fitzgerald

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lightthereis · 4 days

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