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“We each devise our means of escape from the intolerable.”
― A Tidewater Morning
― A Tidewater Morning
“I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.”
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“Ernest once told me that the word paradise was a Persian words that meant walled garden. I knew then that he understood how necessary the promises we made to each other were to our happiness. You couldn't have real freedom unless you knew were the walls were and tended to them. We could lean on the walls because they existed; they existed because we leaned on them.”
― The Paris Wife
― The Paris Wife
“But, reader, there is no comfort in the word "farewell," even if you say it in French. "Farewell" is a word that,in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises absolutely nothing.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
― The Tale of Despereaux
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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Ask Paulo Coelho - Tuesday, April 2nd!
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Join us on Tuesday, April 2nd for a special discussion with best selling author Paulo Coelho! Paulo will be discussing his work, including his most re ...more
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