Emma
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Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”
― David Copperfield
― David Copperfield
“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar him!”
― David Copperfield
― David Copperfield
“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited
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