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North and South

by Elizabeth Gaskell

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The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden

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“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“I suppose there is a certain crucial interval in everyone’s life when character is fixed forever;”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“You want to know what Classics are?" said a drunk Dean of Admissions to me at a faculty party a couple of years ago. "I'll tell you what Classics are. Wars and homos.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty - unless she is wed to something more meaningful - is always superficial.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

tags: thoughtful

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“How quickly he fell; how soon it was over.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

tags: death, regret, surprise

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