“A sense of responsibility would spoil her. She's too pretty.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle...”
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“He was conscious only of the mightiest deed of man; the complete and almost contemptuously final conquest of a world.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
“The feet bear the burden of the body, the head the burden of the mind, and the heart the burden of the spirit.”
― Peony
― Peony
“Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice.”
― Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
― Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
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