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Oh dear. First of all, I like Sherry Thomas' writing in general. She has a nice prose style and is capable of writing complex characters and interesting plots.That said, the premise of the story was ridiculous! (view spoiler) ...more "
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Volume 7 of Emma M. Lion's journals is quite simply delightful, full of humor, warmth, friendship, quirkiness, romance, and fun. The further I get into Emma's world, the more I love her and her endearing circle of friends, most especially (of course!
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To Ralph the Sienese air was not only breathable but intoxicating. The sun, treading the earth like a vintager, drew from it heady fragrances, crushed out of it new colours. All the values of the temperate landscape were reversed: the noon
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“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
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“Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music, perhaps . . . perhaps . . . love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath.”
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