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“A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.”
― North and South
― North and South
“I will wait till after Christmas.” What should we all do without the calendar, when we want to put off a disagreeable duty? The admirable arrangements of the solar system, by which our time is measured, always supply us with a term before which it is hardly worthwhile to set about anything we are disinclined to.”
― Daniel Deronda
― Daniel Deronda
“Each molecule of the gutter bore away a molecule of heat radiating from Gringoire's loins, and the equilibrium between the temperature of his body and the temperature of the brook, began to be established in rough fashion.”
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“Imagination is often truer than fact,” said Gwendolen, decisively, though she could no more have explained these glib words than if they had been Coptic or Etruscan. “I shall be so glad to learn all about Tasso—and his madness especially. I suppose poets are always a little mad.” “To be sure—‘the poet’s eye in a fine frenzy rolling’; and somebody says of Marlowe— ‘For that fine madness still he did maintain, Which always should possess the poet’s brain.’” “But it was not always found out, was it?” said Gwendolen innocently. “I suppose some of them rolled their eyes in private. Mad people are often very cunning.”
― Daniel Deronda
― Daniel Deronda
“Mais vous savez donc plusieurs langues ? – Je parle cinq langues vivantes, l'allemand, le français, l'italien, l'anglais et l'espagnol ; à l'aide du grec ancien je comprends le grec moderne ; seulement je le parle mal, mais je l'étudie en ce moment. – Vous l'étudiez ? dit Dantès. – Oui, je me suis fait un vocabulaire des mots que je sais, je les ai arrangés, combinés, tournés et retournés, de façon qu'ils puissent me suffire pour exprimer ma pensée. Je sais à peu près mille mots, c'est tout ce qu'il me faut à la rigueur, quoiqu'il y en ait cent mille, je crois, dans les dictionnaires. Seulement, je ne serai pas éloquent, mais je me ferai comprendre à merveille et cela me suffit. »”
― Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
― Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Audrey’s 2025 Year in Books
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457 friends
899 books
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40 friends
63 books
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213 friends
91 books
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33 friends
71 books
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20 friends
109 books
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5 friends
76 books
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13 books
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