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“I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
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― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
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― I Capture the Castle
― I Capture the Castle
“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
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