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“You are the door at the edge of the world. You are the door that opens onto a sea of stars.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Lighthousekeeping: A Magical Realism Novel of Storytelling and Identity at a Remote Lighthouse

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion