She was here and the world, for so long ugly and deformed, was all at once itself again. She was taking a glass of sweet wine from one of the waiters. She was smiling. She was breathing. She was here. She was an island of such colossal importance within a sea of inconsequence that it seemed impossible the Ball was able to continue its empty existence. F.D. Lee
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This quote from the famous poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" is a beautiful example of the power of love. It is a powerful statement that shows how much one person can alter the world around them when they are in love. The poet was speaking about his lover, who he believed was the only person who could save him from his own actions. Had someone who loved him been there to hold him back, he would have never killed a man in a fit of rage.

He would have never been sent to prison, and he would have never experienced the horror of being locked away for years on end with murderers and other violent criminals. As it stands, however, he was alone and imprisoned with criminals, and none of them understood what he had done or why he did it. The events that followed his stay at Reading Gaol were horrific and tragic.

Source: The Fairys Tale

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