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“I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, and yet I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.”
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“It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind, not to have a soul to unburden yourself to. You know what I mean. I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.”
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“Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
A youth to fortune and to fame unknown.
Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth,
And Melancholy marked him for her own.”
― An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
A youth to fortune and to fame unknown.
Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth,
And Melancholy marked him for her own.”
― An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
“Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.”
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“Humankind is drawn to dogs because they are so like ourselves—bumbling, affectionate, confused, easily disappointed, eager to be amused, grateful for kindness and the least attention.”
― The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs
― The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs
English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers
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