“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
― The Lathe of Heaven
“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”
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“It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“God, let me think clearly and brightly; let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences, let me someday see who I am.”
― The Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Journals of Sylvia Plath
“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do. ”
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