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“It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol
“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.”
― Les Caractères
― Les Caractères
“Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore.”
― The Post-Office Girl
― The Post-Office Girl
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
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“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
― Letters of Ted Hughes
― Letters of Ted Hughes
Alicia’s 2025 Year in Books
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