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this book is perhaps the most bittersweet because it lies in that strange time between girlhood and womanhood. anne alternates between childish fancies and decidedly adult cares and dreams—girlhood slips away more subtly (and more painfully) here tha
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"“Let us dance around it like wood-nymphs,” cried Anne, dropping her basket and extending her hands. But the dance was not a success for the ground was boggy and Jane’s rubbers came off." — 11 hours, 46 min ago
"“Let us dance around it like wood-nymphs,” cried Anne, dropping her basket and extending her hands. But the dance was not a success for the ground was boggy and Jane’s rubbers came off." — 11 hours, 46 min ago
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(page 183 of 639)
"“‘We were only going to say,’ said God shyly, twisting Their hands together. ‘Well, We were just going to say, God bless you.’”" — Oct 05, 2025 04:37PM
"“‘We were only going to say,’ said God shyly, twisting Their hands together. ‘Well, We were just going to say, God bless you.’”" — Oct 05, 2025 04:37PM
“and there it was one of those moments that is the opposite of blindness.
The world poured back and forth between their eyes once or twice.”
― Autobiography of Red
The world poured back and forth between their eyes once or twice.”
― Autobiography of Red
“The heart is built of starlight
And time.
A pinprick of longing lost in the dark.
An unbroken chord linking the Infinite to the Infinite.
My heart wishes upon your heart and the wish is granted.
Meanwhile the world spins.
Meanwhile the universe expands.
Meanwhile the mystery of love reveals itself,
again and again, in the mystery of you.
I have gone.
I will return.
Glerk”
― The Girl Who Drank the Moon
And time.
A pinprick of longing lost in the dark.
An unbroken chord linking the Infinite to the Infinite.
My heart wishes upon your heart and the wish is granted.
Meanwhile the world spins.
Meanwhile the universe expands.
Meanwhile the mystery of love reveals itself,
again and again, in the mystery of you.
I have gone.
I will return.
Glerk”
― The Girl Who Drank the Moon
“It was the hour when snow goes blue
and streetlights come on and a hare may
pause on the tree line as still as a word in a book.”
― Autobiography of Red
and streetlights come on and a hare may
pause on the tree line as still as a word in a book.”
― Autobiography of Red
“As in childhood we live sweeping close to the sky and now, what dawn is this.”
― Autobiography of Red
― Autobiography of Red
“Hullo, Wendy," he said, not noticing any difference, for he was thinking chiefly of himself; and in the dim light her white dress might have been the nightgown in which he had seen her first.
"Hullo, Peter," she replied faintly, squeezing herself as small as possible. Something inside her was crying "Woman, Woman, let go of me.”
― Peter Pan
"Hullo, Peter," she replied faintly, squeezing herself as small as possible. Something inside her was crying "Woman, Woman, let go of me.”
― Peter Pan
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