The real defects, let me tell you, are of the character. Those who lack a heart and a soul, those who kill and torture innocent creatures. They’re the true cripples in this world! I'd rather miss a limb than a heart!”
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“Let us be elegant or die!”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
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