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by Yiyun Li
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by Leo Tolstoy
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Reading for the 4th time
read in March 2010
astrangerhere said:
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I was terribly excited to receive the new translation for Christmas. I expect it will take me a few years to get through it, but if the first chapters are any indication, it is WELL worth the effort. I've not read the last translation for more than 1
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“Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel.”
― Stardust
― Stardust
“I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”
― The Vicar of Wakefield
― The Vicar of Wakefield
“As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
No ... eight days a week.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
No ... eight days a week.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.”
― Out of the Silent Planet
― Out of the Silent Planet
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