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"“Now, Curdie, are you ready?”
“Yes ma’am,” answered Curdie.
“You do not know what for.”
“You do, ma’am. That is enough.”" — Apr 20, 2026 06:38PM
"“Now, Curdie, are you ready?”
“Yes ma’am,” answered Curdie.
“You do not know what for.”
“You do, ma’am. That is enough.”" — Apr 20, 2026 06:38PM
that winter his infant daughter had screamed, and he could not bear to look the baby in the face, because her mother had chosen the child and not him.
“in the greater part of the humble homes we visit we become aware of the existence of many domestic virtues, we see numerous tokens of family affection, of filial reverence, of parental love. And when, as we pass along the village street at night, we see gleaming through the utter darkness the faint rays which tell that even in many a poverty-stricken home a lamp is burning before the “holy pictures,” we feel that these poor tillers of the soil, ignorant and uncouth though they too often are, may be raised at times by lofty thoughts and noble aspirations far above the low level of the dull and hard lives which they are forced to lead.”
― Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
― Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
“After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration—and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“...what matters in life is not whether we receive a round of applause; what matters is whether we have the courage to venture forth despite the uncertainty of acclaim.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“For what matters in life is not whether we receive a round of applause; what matters is whether we have the courage to venture forth despite the uncertainty of acclaim.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“That’s not what she’s scared of. She scared he’s going to be dead, every time. Younger brothers never know what they put their big sisters through. Anxiety hidden behind eyes, words hidden behind other words, keys to gun cabinets hidden under pillows at night.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
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