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Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy?


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Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.



I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.

I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.



There are times when a lover longs to be also a father and a brother: he is jealous of the years he hasn't shared.

There are times when a lover longs to be also a father and a brother: he is jealous of the years he hasn't shared.



As long as one suffers one lives.

As long as one suffers one lives.



What have we all got to expect that we allow ourselves to be so lined with disappointment?

What have we all got to expect that we allow ourselves to be so lined with disappointment?



I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend.

I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend.



I refused to believe that love could take any other form than mine: I measured love by the extent of my jealousy, and by that standard of course she could not love me at all.

I refused to believe that love could take any other form than mine: I measured love by the extent of my jealousy, and by that standard of course she could not love me at all.



What are we doing to each other? Because I know that I am doing to him exactly what he is doing to me. We are sometimes so happy, and never in our lives have we known more unhappiness.

What are we doing to each other? Because I know that I am doing to him exactly what he is doing to me. We are sometimes so happy, and never in our lives have we known more unhappiness.





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There's the life we dream, the life we deserve, and the life we get. I'll take what I got over what I deserve any day.

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