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There was a man just adventuring upon it this evening in a rude, original, what you may call Aroostook wagon, — a mere seat, with a wagon swung under it, a few bags on it, and a dog asleep to watch them. He offered to carry a message for us
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“Memory is the seamstress, and a capricious one at that. Memory runs her needle in and out, up and down, hither and thither. We know not what comes next, or what follows after. Thus, the most ordinary movement in the world, such as sitting down at a table and pulling the inkstand towards one, may agitate a thousand odd, disconnected fragments, now bright, now dim, hanging and bobbing and dipping and flaunting, like the underlinen of a family of fourteen on a line in a gale of wind.”
― Orlando
― Orlando
“At a very early period she had apprehended the instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.”
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“You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them. ”
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“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private library.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
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Welcome to Maine Public All Books Considered Book Club! Each year, we highlight some of our top picks from Maine authors, and featuring Maine storie ...more
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