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"I think we can all agree that Jane Austen's life was much more multidimensional than past family, friends, & critics may have portrayed. No one lives in a vacuum. I love the indepth research and how logically and straight forward Ms. Looser puts it together in this book. I wonder if Ms. Austen perhaps did not see herself in a place to judge others' behaviors (In regards to her dastardly characters)" — Jan 01, 2026 11:31PM
"I think we can all agree that Jane Austen's life was much more multidimensional than past family, friends, & critics may have portrayed. No one lives in a vacuum. I love the indepth research and how logically and straight forward Ms. Looser puts it together in this book. I wonder if Ms. Austen perhaps did not see herself in a place to judge others' behaviors (In regards to her dastardly characters)" — Jan 01, 2026 11:31PM
plangent,
Plangent I love that word. Already one can feel trouble starting slowly to rear its shadowy head.
“If you are cold, tea will warm you;
if you are too heated, it will cool you;
If you are depressed, it will cheer you;
If you are excited, it will calm you.”
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if you are too heated, it will cool you;
If you are depressed, it will cheer you;
If you are excited, it will calm you.”
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“Never trust a mechanic who drives new cars. They're either charging too much money for their work, or they can't keep an old car running - maybe both.”
― Blood Bound
― Blood Bound
“Druids influenced the natural world: weather, plants, and some animals. Wizards played with nonliving things. But witches used the mind and body.”
― Cry Wolf
― Cry Wolf
“Fee fie foe feral,” said a man’s voice, hitting my ears like the blast of a barge’s horn. “I smell the blood of a little girl.”
“Be she hot, be she cold, I’ll wager this, me lads—she won’t get more old.”
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“Be she hot, be she cold, I’ll wager this, me lads—she won’t get more old.”
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“The ancient writer Suetonius tells the story that an inventor around 70 CE displayed to a Roman emperor a machine that could move columns, only to be dismissed with the objection that such labor-saving devices would cause the poor to starve by robbing them of employment.”
― Unsolved Mysteries Bizarre Events That Have Puzzled the Greatest Minds
― Unsolved Mysteries Bizarre Events That Have Puzzled the Greatest Minds
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