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“D'autant que nous avons cher, estre, et estre consiste en mouvement et action.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

“Je hay entre autres vices, cruellement la cruauté, et par nature et par jugement, comme l'extreme de tous les vices.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

“MARY: Renaissance, not medieval. Most of the castle was built during the sixteenth century, although I believe its foundations date from the fourteenth.

CATHERINE: And our readers will care why?

MARY: You may not care for accuracy, but I do—and Carmilla will, when she reads this book.

CATHERINE: If I ever get the damn thing written, with all these interruptions!”
― Theodora Goss, European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman

“Il n'est rien qui tente mes larmes que les larmes.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays