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"Couldn't sleep, so I picked this up off my shelf after having it for nearly a year. I loved many pieces in this and used scraps of paper to bookmark them as I read. Full review coming later, but my tired 3am thoughts are that lots of lines fell flat for me, but the ones that didn't were so well done that I cried. That's all for now" — 2 hours, 5 min ago
"Couldn't sleep, so I picked this up off my shelf after having it for nearly a year. I loved many pieces in this and used scraps of paper to bookmark them as I read. Full review coming later, but my tired 3am thoughts are that lots of lines fell flat for me, but the ones that didn't were so well done that I cried. That's all for now" — 2 hours, 5 min ago
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
― The Kreutzer Sonata
― The Kreutzer Sonata
“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.”
― Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
― Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
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“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”
― Between the Acts
― Between the Acts
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