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He rose early, shaved, and dressed in a dove-gray double-breasted waistcoat that was molded to his lean frame.
“The day misspent,
the love misplaced,
has inside it
the seed of redemption.
Nothing is exempt
from resurrection.”
― Say Uncle
the love misplaced,
has inside it
the seed of redemption.
Nothing is exempt
from resurrection.”
― Say Uncle
“Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”
― The Book of Tea
― The Book of Tea
“A book is a device to ignite the imagination.”
― The Uncommon Reader
― The Uncommon Reader
“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”
― The Uncommon Reader
― The Uncommon Reader
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
― The History Boys
― The History Boys
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