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“The choice of every lost soul can be expressed in the words "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.”
― The Great Divorce
― The Great Divorce
“A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.”
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth”
― The Great Divorce
― The Great Divorce
“Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it, or else, for ever and ever, the makers of misery can destroy in others the happiness they reject for themselves.”
― The Great Divorce
― The Great Divorce
“I believe, to be sure, that any man who reaches Heaven will find that what he abandoned (even in plucking out his right eye) has not been lost: that the kernel of what he was really seeking even in his most depraved wishes will be there, beyond expectation, waiting for him in 'the High Countries'.”
― The Great Divorce
― The Great Divorce
Historical Fiction Challenge 2012
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I've gone reading challenge bananas!! I've wanted to do a Historical Fiction related challenge, however nothing has been posted yet. So I decided to c ...more
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