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“Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.” —JOHNATHAN SWIFT, THE EXAMINER, 1710
“You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is. That's the lesson. Whoever wins, that's who decides the history.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“But that bird can fly to Africa and back. Powered by bugs and worms and desire.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Reader, I married him.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“On the day the tree bloomed in the fall, when its white apple blossoms fell and covered the ground like snow, it was tradition for the Waverleys to gather in the garden like survivors of some great catastrophe, hugging one another, laughing as they touched faces and arms, making sure they were all okay, grateful to have gotten through it.”
― First Frost
― First Frost
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