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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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In the photograph Aunt Sadie’s face, always beautiful, appears strangely round, her hair strangely fluffy, and her clothes strangely dowdy, but it is unmistakably she who sits there with Robin, in oceans of lace, lolling on her knee. She
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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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“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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“I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”
― The Vicar of Wakefield
― The Vicar of Wakefield
“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.”
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“There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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