“But there was about her the mysterious authority of beauty, a sureness in the carriage of the head, the movement of the eyes, which, without being in the least theatrical, struck him as highly trained and full of a conscious power." (Newland Archer of Countess Olenska)”
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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“They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“I meet a person, and in my mind I'm saying three minutes; I give you three minutes to show me the spark.”
― The Collected Stories
― The Collected Stories
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