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“The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger.”
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
“Do not get discouraged. Don’t shrug off your dreams because of the setbacks. Aspirations are not like perspiration, they will not evaporate unless you allow it.”
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“…and there, in the background, the sky’s sediment had sunk to a place where all the woe of the words ‘I am’ dissolved into blue peace.
He said it. ‘The ocean.”
― Cloud Atlas
He said it. ‘The ocean.”
― Cloud Atlas
“...and there encountered with him all at once Sir Bors, Sir Ector, and Sir Lionel, and they three smote him at once with their spears, and with force of themselves they smote Sir Lancelot's horse reverse to the earth. And by misfortune Sir Bors smote Sir Lancelot through the shield into the side...”
― Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
― Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
“somethings can only be seen in the shadows”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
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