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One of the “silver linings” of the infamous Year Without a Summer in 1816, when the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia caused volcanic ash to darken skies, leading to prolonged, gloomy, and stormy weather across the Northern Hemisphere. This historical event brought 4 writers to retreat together confined indoors in Switzerland and challenged to write the scariest story. I currently behold the winner.

“I tell you what, I can’t help coming here to-morrow, I am a dreamer; I have so little real life that I look upon such moments as this now, as so rare, that I cannot help going over such measures moments again in my dreams. I shall be dreaming of you all night, a whole week, a whole year. I shall certainly come to-morrow, just here to this place, just at the same hour, and I shall be happy remembering to-day.”

“It seemed as though Petersburg threatened to become a wilderness, so that at last I felt ashamed, mortified and sad I had no where to go for the holidays and no reason to go away. I was ready to go away with every wagon, to drive off with every gentleman of respectable appearance who took a cab; but no one absolutely no one invited me; it seemed they had forgotten me, as though really I were a stranger to them!”

“But I shall never forget an incident with a very pretty little house of a light pink colour. It was such a charming little brick house, it looked so hospitably at me, and so proudly at its ungainly neighbours, that my heart rejoiced whence I happened to pass it.Suddenly last week when I looked at my friend I heard a plaintive “They are painting me yellow!” The villians! The barbarians!” Dostoevsky, I love u

I have zero intention of finishing this book at an impressive speed. The pages I have read have fascinated me and tempt me to stay up late to continue, however, my goal for at least my “maiden voyage” via reading this book is to gain basic comprehension of what exactly quantum physics is. Easier said than done. Even after completing this book, I know I will pick it up many more times in order to truly understand.

“And anyway, every time is like the first time. That’s the beauty of love. Love erases.”

“Here’s the truth: When you push someone, it only makes the person push back. You’re working against the fundamental law of human nature. People need to feel in control of their decisions.”