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Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women (Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature)

by Hetta Howes

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"How terrible of Bishop William of Wykeham to complain about nuns who “bring with them to church birds, rabbits, hounds and such like frivolous things.” Birds in church? Frivolous? What a stick in the mud! (And clearly not a fan of Saint Francis.)" — May 29, 2026 12:16AM

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Larissa ✨’s Quotes

“...for though she was ordinary, she possessed health, wit, courage, charm, and cheerfulness. But because she was not beautiful, no one ever seemed to notice these other qualities, which is so often the way of the world.”
― M.M. Kaye, The Ordinary Princess

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“But I'm always dreaming, even when I'm awake; it is never finished.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

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“I’ve given
you my
emptiness: it may
not be unlike
your emptiness:
in voyages, there
are wide reaches
of water
with no islands:”
― A. R. Ammons

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“Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

tags: love, names

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“When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.”
― W. Somerset Maugham

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