“It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.”
― The Grim Grotto
― The Grim Grotto
“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
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“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
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