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"The very surface of this book has only been scratched and I feel as if it’s clawing into my soul. The ramblings and inner monologue of some the characters are absolutely resonating with me. There is much still clouded, and I do not know even a fraction of what is to come or what these souls placed on paper truly consist of. Yet, I already begin to feel akin to one and am entranced by the others. Thank you, Boris" — Jul 08, 2026 08:14PM
"The very surface of this book has only been scratched and I feel as if it’s clawing into my soul. The ramblings and inner monologue of some the characters are absolutely resonating with me. There is much still clouded, and I do not know even a fraction of what is to come or what these souls placed on paper truly consist of. Yet, I already begin to feel akin to one and am entranced by the others. Thank you, Boris" — Jul 08, 2026 08:14PM
It can inform and lead into new places the flow of our sympathetic consciousness, and it can lead our sympathy away in recoil from things gone dead. Therefore, the novel, properly handled, can reveal the most secret places of life: for it
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“There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,--when it did not seem worthwhile to be glad or sorry, to be alive or dead; when life appeared to her like a grotesque pandemonium and humanity like worms struggling blindly toward inevitable annihilation.”
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“such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.'
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”
― Persuasion
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”
― Persuasion
“Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books,
But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.”
― Romeo and Juliet
But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.”
― Romeo and Juliet
“All extremes of feeling are allied with madness.”
― Orlando
― Orlando
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