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“Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.”
― I Capture the Castle
― I Capture the Castle
“Oh, comfortable cocoa!”
― I Capture the Castle
― I Capture the Castle
“He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?"
He sounded faintly sad. Perhaps he finds beauty saddening — I do myself sometimes. Once when I was quite little I asked father why this was and he explained that it was due to our knowledge of beauty's evanescence, which reminds us that we ourselves shall die. Then he said I was probably too young to understand him; but I understood perfectly.”
― I Capture the Castle
He sounded faintly sad. Perhaps he finds beauty saddening — I do myself sometimes. Once when I was quite little I asked father why this was and he explained that it was due to our knowledge of beauty's evanescence, which reminds us that we ourselves shall die. Then he said I was probably too young to understand him; but I understood perfectly.”
― I Capture the Castle
Ann’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ann’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Book Club, Chick-lit, Classics, Cookbooks, Crime, Erotica, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Mystery, Paranormal, Poetry, Politics, Religion, Science fiction, Thriller, and Young-adult
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