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“Loathing was so often described as cold; today, it felt hot as the sun.”
― The Rogue Not Taken
― The Rogue Not Taken
“Words on stone are much more upsetting than words on newspaper. There is something so final about them; a name: some dates, a trite piece of verse, that's all you get for a whole life.”
― The Mysterious Miss Mayhew
― The Mysterious Miss Mayhew
“Happiness. That's what books smell like. Happiness. That's why I always wanted to have a bookshop. What better life than to trade in happiness?”
― The Rogue Not Taken
― The Rogue Not Taken
“Sad was such a simple, damaging word. It meant so much more than its elaborate cousins.”
― The Rogue Not Taken
― The Rogue Not Taken
“You are better for every book you've read.”
― The Rogue Not Taken
― The Rogue Not Taken
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