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The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#certainty #committing #delight #evil #found

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#breaking #enough #fast #move #moving

How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#him #how #i #little #man

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#gives #judgment #more #negative #praise

Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. ↗

— Vicki Baum

#ice #lonely #north #north pole #pole

Men do suck. ↗

— Candace Bushnell

#carrie-bradshaw #men #summer #men

If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across. ↗

— Shania Twain

#came #career #childhood #contract #first

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#another #give #hate #hatred #instinctive

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#evening #his #man #posting #prayer

I'm the Captain of the Guard-I'm not exactly a catch for any of them." There was some sorrow in his eyes, though it was well concealed. "Are you mad? You're better than everyone here. And you're-you're very handsome," she said, taking his hand in her free one. There was beauty in Chaol's face-and strenght, and honor, and loyalty. She stopped hearing the crowd, and her mouth became dry as he stared at her. How had she missed it for so long? ↗

— Sarah J. Maas

#beauty