૮꒰ྀིᴗ͈ ˕ ᴗ͈꒱ྀིა song of achilles
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≧ madeline miller ♡AHHH ࿔ my 𓏴 fav﹠its
so tragic in the most simple way ✿

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." when he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him "
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." and perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone "
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." he is a weapon, a killer. do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature "
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." name one hero who was happy "

૮꒰ྀིᴗ͈ ˕ ᴗ͈꒱ྀིა macbeth
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≧ shakespeare ♡

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." present fears are less than horrible imaginings "
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." nothing in his life
became him like the leaving it; he died
as one that had been studied in his death
to throw away the dearest thing he owed,
as 't were a careless trifle "
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." look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't "
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." out, out brief candle
lifes but a walking shadow
a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage
and then heard no more
it is a tale told by an idiot
full of sound and fury
signifying nothing "

૮꒰ྀིᴗ͈ ˕ ᴗ͈꒱ྀིა the 48 laws of power
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≧ roger greene ♡

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." like janus, the double-faced roman deity and guardian of all gates and doorways, you must be able to go look in both directions at once...face looking continuously to the future and the other to the past "
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." there is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous"
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." strike the shepherd, and the sheep will shatter "

૮꒰ྀིᴗ͈ ˕ ᴗ͈꒱ྀིა the kane chronicles
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≧ rick riordan ♡

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." 'sadie,' dad said firmly, 'please do not refer to the devourer of souls as poochiekins' " (i giggled at this when i read it)
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." chaos is impatient. its random. and above all its selfish. it tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. but chaos can also be appealing. it tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want "
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." remember, death is only the beginning "

૮꒰ྀིᴗ͈ ˕ ᴗ͈꒱ྀིა the collected tales of nikolai gogol
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≧ mykola hohol ♡

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." the longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes "
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." two turtle doves will show thee
where my cold ashes lie
and sadly murmuring tell thee
how in tears I did die "
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." there is no use blaming the looking glass if your face is awry "
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." a word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe. "
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" countless as the sands of the sea are human passions "

૮꒰ྀིᴗ͈ ˕ ᴗ͈꒱ྀིა 1984
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≧ george orwell ♡

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." perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood "
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." perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of [a person] "
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." reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else "
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." for, after all, how do we know that two and two make 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? ".
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i have a lot more quotes saved but i dont have premium on carrd.co so i cant add more elements lol . if i did tho i would have a shitload so...idk why i made this it was js fun