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And so on that bright morning, the smoky Sicilian sun making them sweat, the six Mafia chiefs rode their horses up and down along the wall surrounding Prince Ollorto’s estate. The assembled peasants, under olive trees older than Christ,
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― One Dark Window
― One Dark Window
“For so it seemed to them: Lórien was slipping backward, like a bright ship masted with enchanted trees, sailing on to forgotten shores, while they sat helpless upon the margin of the grey and leafless world.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“You are the source of my life. You bring rivers from the mountain springs. You brighten my eyes. The wine you offer takes me out of myself into the self we share. Doing that is religion.”
― A Year With Rumi
― A Year With Rumi
“How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his only skill! . . . . . . . This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall; Lord of himself though not of lands; And having nothing yet hath all." —SIR”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“It’s my worst trouble, getting fond. If I didn’t get fond I could be happy all the time.”
― A Wrinkle in Time
― A Wrinkle in Time
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