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Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet

by Jennifer Homans

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"Getting to the good part on Marie Antoinette and the mediocre king Louis XVI! I never knew ballet transformed after the French Revolution in countless ways." — Apr 11, 2017 07:13AM

Apr 28, 2021 01:52PM

“Happiness is the cure—a cheerful mind the preventive: cultivate both." No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Villette

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“Twelve men in Forelli gold galloped past in pursuit, so fast I barely caught a glimpse. I edged out, torn between crying out to them and hesitating to interfere in a chase. But as I stepped forward, I knew that the man at the front was Marcello.”
― Lisa Tawn Bergren, Cascade

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“Nathaniel whistled in approval and widened his eyes. “Thomas, you look quite dashing. You know you really didn’t have to dress up like that for me.” He smiled at his own joke and slapped Thomas on the shoulder. “You don’t look too terrible, yourself,” Thomas said as they each took a seat in front of the hearth. “Well, I donned my best suit as you can see.” Thomas smirked. “I noticed.”
― Amber Lynn Perry, So Fair a Lady

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“Most of the misery of the world has been caused by wars. And when the wars were over, no one ever knew what they were all about.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone With The Wind

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“This, child, is our worship. To live and survive and play to God from the depths of our souls. This is the call that binds us. When we worship in the good times, it brings God joy. But worship in the midst of agony?” Her tongue clicked against the roof of her mouth and she shook her head. It was an action befitting the wisdom of the words she’d chosen. “That is authentic adoration of our Creator. An orchestra will worship together, as one body. As one song. A family must do no less.”
― Kristy Cambron, The Butterfly and the Violin

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