"God consents but not always."

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“To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell.”

“To have gold brings fear; to have none brings grief.”

“He that hath once got the fame of an early riser, may sleep till noon.”

“There's fence against all things except death.”

“He will bless God, and love England ever after”

“Affection is blind reason.”

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"As an individual I’m attracted to strong female characters – my characters have always been people who own themselves. Even if they’re strongly doing something wrong, they’ve always been powerful peop…"

— Oyinkan Braithwaite

Literature1988

#power

"There's a theory someone told me that the age you become famous is the age you're mostly going to stay forever. Which is kind of offensive! But there's a grain of truth to it. I'm always going to have…"

— Daniel Johns

Music1979

#time

"He opened his mouth. The words were there. He was about to say them when a jolt of terror went through him, the terror of someone who, wandering in a mist, pauses only to realise that they have stoppe…"

— Cassandra Clare

Literature1973

#love