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[modern-wilde]

“Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.” ― E.L. James

[modern-wilde]

and when i was about to give it all up, i reminded myself that i still have to visit greece.

[modern-wilde]

pardon the blazes in my kisses,

some ashes get rekindled into a phoenix.

[modern-wilde]

“One day, when I am a braver man, I will tell her these things, and then I will look her in the eye tell her I love her and ask her to be only mine. But until that day, we're just friends.” ― Charlie Huston

[modern-wilde]

“I'm not sentimental--I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know, is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romantic person has a desperate confidence that they won't.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

[modern-wilde]

i knew from that first moment we met.It was...Not love at first sight exactly, but familiarity. Like, "oh hello, it's you. It's going to be you."

[modern-wilde]

i scratch my head everyday to write the words that my kids would quote the way i quote oscar wilde.

[modern-wilde]

Barefoot in the kitchen Sacred new beginnings That became my religion, listen

I hope I never lose you

- Taylor Swift