"If you were Queen of pleasure And I were King of pain We'd hunt down Love together, Pluck out his flying-feather, And teach his feet a measure, And find his mouth a rein; If you were Queen of pleasure And I were King of pain."

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Source : Algernon Charles Swinburne, H. M. Burton (2014). “Selections from Swinburne”, p.10, Cambridge University Press

Algernon Charles Swinburne

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“The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal.”
“As long as you're willing to be called a fool, you can create anything, do anything, be anything.”
“I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching Scooby Doo.”
“A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.”
“If I'd known how wrong I was - if I'd had any idea of the awful night that lay ahead - I'd have run after him and never returned to that disgusting circus of blood, that revolting circus of death.”
“Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.”
“You know, episodic TV directing is a very long and arduous job. You have very short schedules, short short shooting days, and you have to get lot of pages done.”
“Love is the divine quality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will.”

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