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“we should master ourselves and put up with adversity by distinguishing between what depends on us, what we can act upon and the rest, which we have no control over.”
― Happiness: A Philosopher's Guide
― Happiness: A Philosopher's Guide
“No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy.”
― Pride & Prejudice screenplay
― Pride & Prejudice screenplay
“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure. Happiness is a glory shining far down upon us out of Heaven. She is a divine dew which the soul, on certain of its summer mornings, feels dropping upon it from the amaranth bloom and golden fruitage of Paradise.”
― Villette
― Villette
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Jenny’s 2025 Year in Books
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