“Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanors, and faith quickly becomes cruel if is not subdued by certain doubts.” Leo Africanus
The role of the disappointed lover of a maiden or of any single woman might be ridiculous; but the role of a man who was pursuing a married woman, and who made it the purpose of his life at all cost to draw her into adultery, was one which had in it something beautiful and dignified and could never be ridiculous. Anna Karenina
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering. By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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