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“An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it.”
― An Artist of the Floating World
― An Artist of the Floating World
“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened”
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“When you are young, there are many things which appear dull and lifeless. But as you get older, you will find these are the very things that are most important to you.”
― An Artist of the Floating World
― An Artist of the Floating World
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
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