Jonathan Stroud
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“Does any one suppose that private prayer is necessarily candid—necessarily goes to the roots of action? Private prayer is inaudible speech, and speech is representative: who can represent himself just as he is, even in his own reflections?”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“The sun of that chilishness goes on shining even when the larger bodies of hotter stars have risen to smelt you and cover you with their influence. The recenter stars may be more critical, more in the eye, but that earlier sun still remains a long time.”
― The Adventures of Augie March
― The Adventures of Augie March
“She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate.”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth
“Under the glitter of their opportunities she saw the poverty of their achievement.”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth
“Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
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