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Jane Austen: We met ....

Jane Austen: We met ....

We met . . . Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be...

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Jane Austen: It was not...

Jane Austen: It was not...

It was not very wonderful that Catherine . . . should prefer cricket, base ball . . . to...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: In all ranks...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: In all ranks...

In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Where painting is...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Where painting is...

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is...

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P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for...

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P D James: God gives every...

P D James: God gives every...

God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.

Source:...

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Madeleine L'Engle: We have much...

Madeleine L'Engle: We have much...

We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of...

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Louisa May Alcott: Good books, like...

Louisa May Alcott: Good books, like...

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

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Daisy Ashford: Let us now...

Daisy Ashford: Let us now...

Let us now bask under the spreading trees said Bernard in a passionate tone. Oh yes lets said Ethel and she opened her...

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Madeleine L'Engle: With each book...

Madeleine L'Engle: With each book...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have a life of their own, quite apart from...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: No one is...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: No one is...

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.

Source: Uncle Tom's...

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George Eliot: There is much...

George Eliot: There is much...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the...

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George Eliot: He was like...

George Eliot: He was like...

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

Source: Adam...

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George Eliot: Best friend, my...

George Eliot: Best friend, my...

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Source: The Spanish Gypsy, bk. 3,...

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George Eliot: How could a...

George Eliot: How could a...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances? No more than he...

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George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.

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Jane Austen: In every power,...

Jane Austen: In every power,...

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the...

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Jane Austen: There is safety...

Jane Austen: There is safety...

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.

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Emily Dickinson: My only sketch,...

Emily Dickinson: My only sketch,...

My only sketch, profile, of Heaven is a large blue sky, and larger than the biggest I have seen in June -- and in it...

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Beah Richards: Race, what is...

Beah Richards: Race, what is...

Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. . . .Blood doesn't run in races! ...

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