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“The worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic.”

“is a heightened mode of existence. It carves upon the faces of its votaries the marks of imaginary and spiritual adventures; and though their external existence may be as quiet as a monk’s, in the long run it produces a fastidiousness, over-refinement, fatigue, and alertness of the nerves such as would not result from actual living, even if crammed with illicit passions + pleasures.” Pg. 38 tr. Kenneth Burke

“He began his day with a cold shower over chest and back; then, setting a pair of tall wax candles in silver holders at the head of his manuscript, he sacrificed to art, in two or three hours of almost religious fervour, the powers he had assembled in sleep.” Pg. 10, Lowe-Porter’s translation

Why did no one tell me that Middlemarch is hilarious?

I hate the “dog” side quest -_-

I don’t want this novel to end..