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“Any story could be a comedy or a tragedy, depending on where you ended it. That was the magic. How the same story could be told an infinite number of ways.”
― Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow

“Since you, O my Jesus, have been so liberal with your graces toward me and have deigned to give your Blood and your life for me, I am sorry for having acted with so little generosity toward you, who are worthy of all honor and all love. But, O my Jesus, you know my weakness; help me with your powerful grace. In you I confide, O Immaculate Virgin Mary, help me to overcome myself and to become a saint. Amen.”
― Susan Tassone, Day by Day for the Holy Souls in Purgatory: 365 Reflections

“These conversations were exhilarating. They alerted me to the way shared reading could be a source of light in a dark world, forging friendships and creating like-minded communities.”
― Ruth Wilson, The Jane Austen Remedy

“... Dr. Hall in such a very deep morning that either his mother, his wife or himself must be dead.”
― Jane Austen, The letters of Jane Austen: Annotated