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― The Fifth Season
― The Fifth Season
“Perhaps it would be a good idea if everyone just stopped writing for a couple of years and allowed readers to catch up.”
― A Ladder to the Sky
― A Ladder to the Sky
“She had Pagan eyes, full of nocturnal mysteries . . . Assuming that the souls of men and women were visible essences, you could fancy the colour of Eustacia's soul to be flame-like.”
― The Return of the Native
― The Return of the Native
“I'm not young enough to know everything.”
― The Admirable Crichton
― The Admirable Crichton
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