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She cackled again as she walked on. Perhaps she was a little mad, but then old women often were.
“I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.”
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“Judging books by their covers is seriously underrated, and any book nerd who claims never to have done it is probably lying.”
― All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane
― All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane
“I got to thinking that poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people you just didn't get--and never would get.”
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“It was strange, I reflected, as we went out into the golden evening of the Byzantine streets, that even in the weirdest circumstances, the most troubling episodes of one's life, the greatest divides from home and familiarity, there were these moments of undeniable joy.”
― The Historian
― The Historian
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