“Time’s glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light, To stamp the seal of time in aged things, To wake the morn and sentinel the night, To wrong the wronger till he render right, To ruinate proud buildings with thy hours And smear with dust their glittering golden towers. Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece”
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“You know in your heart when you’re doing the right thing and when you’re not. And you just have to do everything you can to stay the course.”
― The One and Only
― The One and Only
“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need—just in time.”
― The Hiding Place
― The Hiding Place
“We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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