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"Almost always in the front ranks of the conquerors was a high school boy with a perky, turned-up nose — the future writer Mikhail Bulgakov.* He tore into the fighting at the most dangerous places. Victory always followed him, and crowned him with a golden wreath of his own disordered hair." — 10 hours, 36 min ago
"Almost always in the front ranks of the conquerors was a high school boy with a perky, turned-up nose — the future writer Mikhail Bulgakov.* He tore into the fighting at the most dangerous places. Victory always followed him, and crowned him with a golden wreath of his own disordered hair." — 10 hours, 36 min ago
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"The memories we have are like family. We do not choose them. They choose us. They follow us and we follow them." — May 12, 2024 04:41AM
"The memories we have are like family. We do not choose them. They choose us. They follow us and we follow them." — May 12, 2024 04:41AM
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![Franz Kafka](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1615573688i/5223._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party and I attended with my real face”
―
―
![Alexandr Blok](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1428953144i/295231._UX200_CR0,53,200,200_.jpg)
“Night, street and streetlight, drugstore,
The purposeless, half-dim, drab light.
For all the use live on a quarter century –
Nothing will change. There’s no way out.
–
You’ll die – and start all over, live twice,
Everything repeats itself, just as it was:
Night, the canal’s rippled icy surface,
The drugstore, the street, and streetlight.”
―
The purposeless, half-dim, drab light.
For all the use live on a quarter century –
Nothing will change. There’s no way out.
–
You’ll die – and start all over, live twice,
Everything repeats itself, just as it was:
Night, the canal’s rippled icy surface,
The drugstore, the street, and streetlight.”
―
![Ali Abdollahi](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1533879508i/17998191._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“I hide your portrait
in a closet with no holes
your dress
in the dresser
I place the mirror on the bracket
upside down
remains of your hair
are dancing on the windowsill
in direction of the wind
in my room
there is always
a vacant chair”
―
in a closet with no holes
your dress
in the dresser
I place the mirror on the bracket
upside down
remains of your hair
are dancing on the windowsill
in direction of the wind
in my room
there is always
a vacant chair”
―
![John Donne](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220618065i/77318._UY200_CR2,0,200,200_.jpg)
“The day breaks not: it is my heart.”
― The Complete English Poems
― The Complete English Poems
![Ono no Komachi](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1494150703i/110183._UX200_CR0,16,200,200_.jpg)
“Is this love reality
Or a dream?
I cannot know,
When both reality and dreams
Exist without truly existing.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
Or a dream?
I cannot know,
When both reality and dreams
Exist without truly existing.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
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