“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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“If he does not come to me, then,' said she, 'I shall give him up for ever.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“If it's a story I'm telling, then I have control over the ending...
But if it's a story, even in my head, I must be telling it to someone.
You don't tell a story only to yourself. There's always someone else. Even when there is no one.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
But if it's a story, even in my head, I must be telling it to someone.
You don't tell a story only to yourself. There's always someone else. Even when there is no one.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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