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"“People of Orphalese, you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?”" — 6 hours, 33 min ago
"“People of Orphalese, you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?”" — 6 hours, 33 min ago
“Why does even the best person hold back something from another? Why not say directly what we feel if we know that what we entrust won't be scattered to the winds?”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“because you feel like it’s spirits whispering—spirits that’s been dead ever so many years—and you always think they’re talking about you”
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“Why not say straight out what is in one's heart, when one knows that one is not speaking idly? As it is every one seems harsher than he really is, as though all were afraid of doing injustice to their feelings, by being too quick to express them.”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“I would love you, I would love you so, that even if you still loved him, even if you went on loving the man I don’t know, you would never feel that my love was a burden to you. You would only feel every minute that at your side was beating a grateful, grateful heart, a warm heart ready for your sake.”
― White Nights
― White Nights
Steff’s 2025 Year in Books
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