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“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
― Circe
― Circe
“...the Count had restricted himself to two succinct pieces of parental advice. The first was that if one did not master one's circumstances, one was bound to be mastered by them; the second was Montaigne's maxim that the surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. And if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again”
― The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
― The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
“the wise man celebrates what he can.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“And there, by the fire, held in the arms of his mother, in the room in which he learnt to crawl, to eat, to walk, to speak, Hamnet takes his last breath. He draws it in, he lets it out. Then there is silence, stillness. Nothing more.”
― Hamnet
― Hamnet
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge
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Welcome to the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, the cozy corner for all Gilmore Girls fans and book lovers ready to dive into Rory’s famously eclectic ...more
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