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I love structure. This book consists of 80 3-4 page essays which each touch on a period of 5 years each, over a period of 400 years. The essays are bundled into parts of 10 essays, and followed by a poem. The structure creates a lovely dance across h ...more "
“Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.”
― Mansfield Park
― Mansfield Park
“I have not the pleasure of understanding you.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.'
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”
― Persuasion
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”
― Persuasion
“If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it up.
If you're over 50, which is when time gets shorter, subtract your age from 100 - the result is the number of pages you should read before deciding whether or not to quit. If you're 100 or over you get to judge the book by its cover, despite the dangers in doing so.”
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If you're over 50, which is when time gets shorter, subtract your age from 100 - the result is the number of pages you should read before deciding whether or not to quit. If you're 100 or over you get to judge the book by its cover, despite the dangers in doing so.”
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