The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.

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It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave...

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave...

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is...

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is...

It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate...

It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate...

The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.

The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take...

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take...

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take...

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take...