Space Shenanigans

It will come, citizens, the day when all shall be concord, harmony, light, joy and life; it will come, and it is so that it may come that we are going to die.

i am no bird; and no net ensnares me: i am a free human being with an independent will.

It will come, citizens, the day when all shall be concord, harmony, light, joy and life; it will come, and it is so that it may come that we are going to die.

“My dear Alicia, of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a man of his age! Just old enough to be formal, ungovernable, and to have the gout; too old to be agreeable, too young to die.”

In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.

Heathcliff, if I were you, I’d go stretch myself over her grave, and die like a faithful dog … The world is surely not worth living in now, is it? You had distinctly impressed on me, the idea that Catherine was the whole joy of your life – I can’t imagine how you think of surviving her loss.

we certainly do not forget you, so soon as you forget us. it is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. we cannot help ourselves.

a girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. it is something to think of, and it gives her a sort of distinction among her companions

when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure

i wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but like everybody else, it must be in my own way

the person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid

you must be the best judge of your own happiness

Elizabeth was delighted. She had never seen a place for which nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by an awkward taste.