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obsession and tormented egotism in which the protagonist is haunted by a premonition that he was “being kept for something rare and strange, possibly prodigious and terrible, that was sooner or later to happen.”
“I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
Melissa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
445 books
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192 friends
229 books
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97 friends
2,451 books
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41 friends
1,463 books
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374 friends
1,783 books
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47 friends
961 books
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158 friends
322 books
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59 friends
272 books
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83 friends
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