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If It Makes You Happy

by Julie Olivia (Goodreads Author)

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Feb 28, 2026 03:28PM

“Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair."
"Why should you, with so much energy and talent?"
"That's just why, because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try anymore.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

tags: 19th-century, 19th-century-literature, american-literature, amy-march, art, classic-literature, little-women, louisa-may-alcott, quotes-about-art, rome

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“I was quiet, but I was not blind.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

tags: austen, mansfield-park, quiet, shy

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“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
― William Shakespear, Hamlet

tags: philosophy

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“It’s an epidemic with women your age. A gross disparity between the way that they speak and the quality of thoughts that they’re having about the world. They are taught to express themselves in slang, in clichés, sarcasm—all of which is weak language. The superficiality of the language colors the experiences, rendering them disposable instead of assimilated. And then to top it all, you call yourselves ‘girls.’ ”
― Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter

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