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“I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake. What you don't know won't hurt you. Sleep is death without the responsibility.”
― Metropolitan Life/Social Studies
― Metropolitan Life/Social Studies
“They're book addicts.”
― The Miserable Mill
― The Miserable Mill
“She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.”
― Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay
― Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay
“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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“I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, Giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy: I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.”
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Carissa’s 2025 Year in Books
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