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always basically boiled down to the same: a woman’s innocence had to be protected or sacrificed, a man’s bravery proved, the wild tamed, the unfamiliar conquered, and the past overcome.
“It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
― So You Want to Be a Wizard
― So You Want to Be a Wizard
“What an idle time it was! What an insubstantial, happy, foolish time it was!”
― David Copperfield
― David Copperfield
“for wise men know well enough what monsters29 you make of them.”
― Hamlet
― Hamlet
“the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days;”
― A Midsummer Night's Dream
― A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Penelope’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Penelope’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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