“Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good.”
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
“I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me…”
― Anne of Windy Poplars
― Anne of Windy Poplars
“Death! Strange that there should be such a word, and such a thing, and we ever forget it; that one should be living, warm and beautiful, full of hopes, desires and wants, one day, and the next be gone, utterly gone, and forever!”
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
“There is so much in the world for us all if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it to ourselves--so much in men and women, so much in art and literature, so much everywhere in which to delight, and for which to be thankful.”
― Anne of the Island
― Anne of the Island
“It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what."
[I saw hate in a graveyard -- Stephen Fry, The Guardian, 5 June 2005]”
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[I saw hate in a graveyard -- Stephen Fry, The Guardian, 5 June 2005]”
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