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the brothers karamazov
“the more i love humanity in general, the less i love man in particular”
the brothers karamazov
“the more you succeed in loving, the more you'll be convinced of the existence of god and the immortality of your soul”
cinderella
“she saw the world not always as it was, but as perhaps it could be”
little women (louisa may alcott)
“…because talent isn’t genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. i want to be great or nothing”
little women (greta gerwig)
“women have minds and souls as well as just hearts, and they’ve got ambition and talent as well as just beauty, and i’m sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for”
little women (greta gerwig)
“writing doesn’t confer importance, it reflects it”
little women (greta gerwig)
“just because my dreams are different than yours, it doesn’t mean they’re unimportant”
emma
“if i loved you less, i might be able to talk about it more”
persuasion
“you pierce my soul. i am half agony, half hope…i have loved none but you”
macbeth
“stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires”
les miserables
“there are accepted revolutions, revolutions which are called revolutions; there are refused revolutions, which are called riots”
circe
“there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. such a constellation was he to me”
1984
“how do we know that two and two males four? or that the force of gravity works? or that the past is unchangeable? if both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then?”
a thousand splendid suns
“like a compass needle always points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman”
a thousand splendid suns
“a man’s heart is a wretched, wretched thing. it isn’t like a mother’s womb. it won’t bleed. it won’t stretch to make room for you”
frankenstein
“life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and i will defend it”
marcus aurelius
the things you think about determine the quality of your mind. your soul takes on the color of your thoughts
wuthering heights
“you say i killed you - haunt me, then! be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where i cannot find you.”
julius caesar (william shakespeare)
“-not that i loved caesar less, but that i loved rome more”
