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“How does a poet know when a poem is ended? Because it lies flat, taut; nothing can be added or subtracted. How does a woman know when a marriage is over? Because of the way her life suddenly shears off in just two directions: past and future.”
― The Stone Diaries
― The Stone Diaries
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
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“You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair," said Anne reproachfully. "People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“I have this notion that maybe this world is the hell of the angels. That maybe we're creatures with angels exiled in our souls, banished to this godawful existence, howling in despair...and all those beautiful dreams we have are only the ravings of those angels, their screams in our animal minds.”
― A Cry of Angels
― A Cry of Angels
“A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her,—the light which, showing the way, forbids it.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
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