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“There are some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things.”
― The Marriage Plot
― The Marriage Plot
“Winter is the season of alcoholism and despair.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“Imaginative literature primarily pleases rather than teaches. It is much easier to be pleased than taught, but much harder to know why one is pleased. Beauty is harder to analyze than truth.”
― How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
― How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
“She may have looked normal on the outside, but once you'd seen her handwriting you knew she was deliciously complicated inside.”
― The Marriage Plot
― The Marriage Plot
“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
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