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Romanticism is a philosophy of intuitive agreement. In real love, there is no need tiresomely to articulate or spell things out. When two people belong together, there is simply – at long last – a wondrous reciprocal feeling that both
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“The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.”
― Mr Galliano's Circus
― Mr Galliano's Circus
“You're trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.”
― Six Cousins At Mistletoe Farm
― Six Cousins At Mistletoe Farm
“I don't believe in things like that - fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It's old-fashioned.'
'Well, we must be jolly old-fashioned then,' said Bessie. 'Because we not only believe in the Faraway Tree and love our funny friends there, but we go to see them too - and we visit the lands at the top of the Tree as well!”
― The Folk of the Faraway Tree
'Well, we must be jolly old-fashioned then,' said Bessie. 'Because we not only believe in the Faraway Tree and love our funny friends there, but we go to see them too - and we visit the lands at the top of the Tree as well!”
― The Folk of the Faraway Tree
“That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
― The God of Small Things
― The God of Small Things
“Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.”
― Five on a Hike Together
― Five on a Hike Together
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