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“Just as I am writing at the same as I am being read.
Only I do not start with the ending that would justify the beginning as death appears to comment on life because I must record the preceeding events.”
― The Hour of the Star
Only I do not start with the ending that would justify the beginning as death appears to comment on life because I must record the preceeding events.”
― The Hour of the Star
“fresh reading … as if the sap of life ran in
their leaves, and with skies and plants they had the power to alter their shape
and color from season to season”
― Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read
their leaves, and with skies and plants they had the power to alter their shape
and color from season to season”
― Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read
“Things went somehow so good that were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
“Anyone who lives knows even without knowing that he or she knows. So dear reader,you know more than imagine however much you may deny it.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
“Now that I was living closer to
nature, I realized that this was the real world, very
different from the man-made world of automobiles,
computers and skyscrapers. Man was a god of sorts
in his own sphere, but on a lovely mountainside he
is no more important than an ant—and not half as
industrious!”
― The Beauty of All My Days: A Memoir [Hardcover] RUSKIN BOND
nature, I realized that this was the real world, very
different from the man-made world of automobiles,
computers and skyscrapers. Man was a god of sorts
in his own sphere, but on a lovely mountainside he
is no more important than an ant—and not half as
industrious!”
― The Beauty of All My Days: A Memoir [Hardcover] RUSKIN BOND
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Shivani’s 2025 Year in Books
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