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Now, if she had been the heroine of a moral story-book, she ought at this period of her life to have become quite saintly, renounced the world, and gone about doing good in a mortified bonnet, with tracts in her pocket. But, you see, Jo wasn’t a heroine; she was only...
As she lifted the curtain to look onto the dreary night, the moon broke suddenly from behind the clouds, and shone upon her like a bright benignant face, which seemed to whisper in the silence, ‘Be comforted, dear heart! there is always light behind the clouds.’
Quote 1: The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.” Quote 2: ‘Yes, for we fight for more than Love or Pleasure: there is Truth. Truth counts, Truth does count.’ Quote 3: …by the side...
Quote 1: For a long time they looked at the river beneath them, saying nothing, and the river said nothing too, for it felt very quiet and peaceful on this summer afternoon. ‘Tigger is all right, really,’ said Piglet lazily. ‘Of course he is,’ said Christopher Robin....
Quote 1: Mr Tulliver did not willingly write a letter, and found the relation between spoken and written language, briefly known as spelling, one of the most puzzling things in this puzzling world. Nevertheless, like all fervid writing, the task was done in less time...
Quote 1: France rain-washed and sorrowful, Switzerland like a Christmas cake, Italy exuberant, noisy and smelly, were passed, leaving only confused memories. The tiny ship throbbed away from the heel of Italy out into the twilit sea, and as we slept in our stuffy...
It is an ignominious confession, but I am a confirmed saunterer… I love city squares. The most interesting persons are always those who have nothing special to do: children, nurses, policemen, and actors at 11 o’clock in the morning. These are always to be found by...
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