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Stella leaned on the rail, fascinated and horrified. The churning of the engines went on unheeded. She hardly realised that they were leaving until the marine world quivered and broke with the movement of the ship. The jetty drew slowly ...more
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George Orwell
“Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.”
George Orwell, 1984

Leo Tolstoy
“If you want to be happy, be.”
Leo Tolstory

Iain Pears
“It is an Age where any sort of debauchery is tolerated, as long as it brings fame with it.”
Ian Pears

Candy Paull
“We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own. Ben Sweetland”
Candy Paull, The Heart of Abundance: A Simple Guide to Appreciating and Enjoying Life

Charles Dickens
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

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