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Now I may be mistaken, but it's quite possible that the narrator of 'A Faint Heart' may really esteem Lizanka's new cap. I'm not sure why I'm so certain...

I absolutely adore Rose Landry!

"Where have you buried your best days? Have you lived or not? Look, one says to oneself, look how cold the world is growing. Some more years will pass, and after them will come gloomy solitude; then will come old age trembling on its crutch, and after it misery and desolation. Your fantastic world will grow pale, your dreams will fade and die and will fall like the yellow leaves from trees..."

Yep, this is still a fun time. That being said, my heart does break for Shane whenever he tries to convince himself that his encounters with girls will improve when the "right one" comes along.

Not my usual vibe in any way, but so far this is definitely a fun time

'That the words I heard my hostess's mother employ / To a guest departing, would ever diminish my joy, / "I wonder where Julia found that strange, rather common little boy?"'

The way my heart actually plummeted for the child speaker after reading how thrilled he was on the way to and during the party only to overhear this careless remark. Nothing gets me more than children facing blatant class discrimination.

This has been really insightful into the thoughts of Orwell during his time working for the British Empire as a police officer in Burma - a role he had dubious feelings about - and his stay at a horrendous Parisian hospital. As this is Orwell, contemplations on colonialism and social class are prominent in these essays. However, it must be acknowledged that this essay collection was a product of its time.

Did I pick this up on a whim because a secondary character in David Mitchell's 'Utopia Avenue' referenced 'Sough'? Indeed, I did. However, I am so glad that I did! This collection is so warm and nostalgic.

"You see, I had always lived a life of debauchery, since I had never ceased to desire immortality. Was this not the essence of my character and also the outcome of the great self-love that I spoke of? Yes, I was dying to become immortal. I loved myself too much not to desire that the precious object of my love should never vanish."

I am ashamed to say that I have definitely dated this person.

I'm definitely going to up my rating to a 5 stars as this is one of my favourite stories of all time. I absolutely adore Catherine and Henry, am toxicially invested in the Thorpes (I simultaneously despised their manipulativenss and anticipated their next appearance), and love the links to gothic fiction/Austen's almost parody of the genre.

We say we are pen pals. We write "Dear pen pal" at the top of the emails. She tells me she loves the perspective I have on the world. I tell her I am so glad we're finally "just friends." But it feels like we are doing something bad. I look forward to it too much. I stay up too late because of it. This might sound crazy, or you might know exactly what I am talking about (118)

"We make boundaries and don't commit to them. We tell each other we will never speak again, but we always do. I tell Dr. Kay that I am having a difficult time accepting that someone who made me feel so good could make me feel so bad. I feel stupid. I feel like such a slow learner. It takes me so long to realize that Finn's words are infinitely different than her actions."

Unpopular Opinion: I often find myself struggling through Dany's chapters more than anyone else (Davos included). She's a wonderful character and I am interested in her story. But as she's that much removed from Westeros, I find her pov slows the story down...

However, ASOS definitely changes that! That last chapter? Never have I felt so much satisfaction than I did during those final few pages!

The time has come to dive back into one of my favourite fantasy novels of all time. It's long in length, features multiple povs & many more characters besides, yet I can always pick up the plot of ASOIAF like I haven't put it down.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

"I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after."

It must be so exhausting and mentally draining to be possessed by the spirit of a long dead aesthete

"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."

I 100% agree with this sentiment. Some of the best written books that I have ever read contain some of the most deplorable acts that a person could commit in then. Does this make me condemn the book itself? No. Does writing these acts mean the authors support them? Not at all.

My first timid step into Dostoevsky, and I must say I am indeed impressed

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching.

Can't believe it's taken me so long to pick this book up. Bloody brilliant! Loathe to put it down.

"I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig-tree in the story. [...] I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig-tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black"