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“If leeches ate peaches instead of my blood, then I would be free to drink tea in the mud!”
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.”
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“Tea would arrive, the cakes squatting on cushions of cream, toast in a melting shawl of butter, cups agleam and a faint wisp of steam rising from the teapot shawl.”
― My Family and Other Animals
― My Family and Other Animals
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