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“Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Require sorest need.
Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition,
So clear, of victory,
As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break, agonized and clear.”
― The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Require sorest need.
Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition,
So clear, of victory,
As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break, agonized and clear.”
― The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
“I miss you more than I remember you.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Do not believe that because you are a revolutionary you must feel sad.”
― Weather
― Weather
#ClassicsCommunity 2021 Reading Challenge
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Serenity’s 2025 Year in Books
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Biography, Chick-lit, Christian, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Memoir, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Young-adult, and literature
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