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Jane Austen
“Angry people are not always wise.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
tags: anger, jane-austen, wisdom
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Jane Austen
“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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Lewis Carroll
“Curiouser and curiouser!”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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Alison Weir
“I prefer to be left alone with my books.”
― Alison Weir, Innocent Traitor
tags: book-lover, jane-grey, solitude
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Honoré de Balzac
“La solitude est une belle chose; mais il faut quelqu'un pour vous dire que la solitude est une belle chose.”
― Honoré de Balzac
tags: solitude
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Biography, Children's, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Politics, Romance, and Young-adult


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