“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
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“The thing about getting old, Bar,” Toot had told me, “is that you’re the same person inside.” I remember her eyes studying me through her thick bifocals, as if to make sure I was paying attention. “You’re trapped in this doggone contraption that starts falling apart. But it’s still you. You understand?” I did now.”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“Not the least of my many blessings is that we have only one neighbour. If you have to have neighbours at all, it is at least a mercy that there should be only one; for with people dropping in at all hours and wanting to talk to you, how are you to get on with your life, I should like to know, and read your books, and dream your dreams to your satisfaction?”
― Elizabeth and Her German Garden
― Elizabeth and Her German Garden
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― The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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