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“Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“When asked "What do we need to learn this for?" any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness.”
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
“Why is any one book different from any other book? They are different, A.J. decides, because they are. We have to look inside many. We have to believe. We agree to be disappointed sometimes so that we can be exhilarated every now and again.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“That was the only tragic thing about books: they changed people. All except the truly evil, who did not become better fathers, nicer husbands more loving friends. They remained tyrants, continued to torment their employees, children and dogs, were spiteful in petty matters and cowardly in important ones, and rejoiced in their victims' shame.”
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“Charles knew all was not well. All was not well, all would never be well; but all was not lost....The day was warm, his wife was cheerful, his friends finally had their child.”
― The Dearly Beloved
― The Dearly Beloved
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