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"Naples, 6th June 1939
'I’m sitting on a balcony with the whole Bay of Naples below me, on the fourth floor – and watching the twilight come sweeping in over Vesuvius. It’s so beautiful it’s positively alarming to think of all the lovely things that come to us undeserved.'
Michael Monroe, 'Harmony of the Wind'" — May 26, 2020 11:41PM
"Naples, 6th June 1939
'I’m sitting on a balcony with the whole Bay of Naples below me, on the fourth floor – and watching the twilight come sweeping in over Vesuvius. It’s so beautiful it’s positively alarming to think of all the lovely things that come to us undeserved.'
Michael Monroe, 'Harmony of the Wind'" — May 26, 2020 11:41PM
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
― The Lathe of Heaven
“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
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Jola’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Biography, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Fiction, Graphic novels, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Travel, and Diaries
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