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Fiona is Currently Reading

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The Wax Child

by Olga Ravn

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The Monk

by Matthew Gregory Lewis

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Fiona’s Quotes

“And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

tags: eowyn, lord-of-the-rings

723 likes

“I am a tiny seashell
that has secretly drifted ashore
and carries the sound of the ocean
surging through its body.”
― Edward Hirsch

1276 likes

“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

tags: happiness, pride

3002 likes

“It's temples and palaces did seem
Like fabrics of enchantment pil'd to heaven.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley, Julian and Maddalo: A Conversation

tags: artists-life, europe, european, grand-canal, inspirational, italy, travel, travel-writing, venezia, venice

26 likes

“I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.”
― Simone de Beauvoir , La vieillesse

tags: ageing, inifinity, life, old-age

2040 likes

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