“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“She likes to read, she reads all the time, and she prefers to be reading several things at once, she says it gives endless perspective and dimension.”
― Autumn
― Autumn
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