She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

J.D. Salinger

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Topic

Infatuation Being in love Love

Author

J.D. Salinger

Source

A Girl I Knew

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Salinger, J. D. "A Girl I Knew." Good Housekeeping, Feb. 1948.

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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.

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Author

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Source
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Language
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Time
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Citation

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Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.

William Blake

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Author

William Blake
Source
Songs of Experience
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Clod and the Pebble." Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. London, 1794.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Clod & the Pebble." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.