And she wondered if it were possible to love someone enough to die from it. If it were possible to love someone enough that time and distance and death were of no concern.
“Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.”
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“Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings.”
― Silas Marner
― Silas Marner
“People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.”
― City of Fallen Angels
― City of Fallen Angels
Maddy’s 2025 Year in Books
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