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“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
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“Good things come, but they're never perfect; are they? You have to twist them into something perfect.”
― Betsy and the Great World / Betsy's Wedding
― Betsy and the Great World / Betsy's Wedding
“It was three o'clock in the morning – the wisest and most accursed hour of the clock. But sometimes it sets us free.”
― The Blue Castle
― The Blue Castle
“Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my dazzling short story, "The Cookiepants Hypotenuse."' Or else they get unbearably cutesy: 'My cat Ootsywootums has given me all my best ideas, hasn't oo, squeezums?”
― The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories
― The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories
“I wish you knew how I value you; and what an inexpressible blessing it is to have one whom one can always trust, one always the same, always ready to give comfort, sympathy and the best advice. God bless you, my dear, you are too good for me.' -Charles to Emma, 1859”
― Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
― Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
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