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Legend remains victorious in spite of history.

Why do You thus devise Evil against her?' 'For that She is beautiful, delicate; Therefore.

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Adelaide CrapseyVerse by Adelaide Crapsey

Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

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Anne LamottTraveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

It's a curious thing that the mental life seems to flourish with its roots in spite, ineffable and f...

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D. H. LawrenceLady Chatterley's Lover

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.", November 1913)

He is mad about being small when you were big, but no, that's not it, he is mad about being helpless...

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You can't come in, colonel," she told him. "You may be in command of your war, but I'm in command of...

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Gabriel García MárquezOne Hundred Years of Solitude

We are all the judges and the judged, victims of the casual malice and fantasy of others, and ready ...

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For, like desire, regret seeks not to be analysed but to be satisfied. When one begins to love, one ...

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Marcel ProustIn the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower