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Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 6)


https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1065...
The correct text is as follows:
".....Tudo que nele havia de generosidade, de entusiasmo, de eloquência, de coração, de alma, de furor, de ira, de amor, de inexprimível dor se resumia a isto: um acesso de riso!..." - eleventh line.
At present it is written "dor de resumia a isto: um acesso de riso!" instead of "dor se resumia a isto: um acesso de riso!". Just a wrong letter. But it's in Portuguese so if it is hard to localize the error, it is ok just to delete it.
Also, all the quotes from the tag:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/...
are from the book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
I just could not find it in the book list when I added the quotes! If there is any way to link the two I would also appreciate it!
Thank you!

On GR, quotes are not attached to a specific edition, but to the 'work', which is all combined editions and translations. When adding a quote, you'll have to select the 'default' edition, that is the most popular edition and the one that is showing on the author's page. For this book, that is the English edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
I've added the English edition to all the Victor Hugo quotes with the tag 'O Homem Que Ri'.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1055...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1055...

Done. Sometimes people's Kindle highlights (or attempts) end up saving to Goodreads as one or two word quotes.


https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1067...
I choke up with emotion, and I cannot tell if I am grieving that my dearest friend has died twith me, or if I am overcome with relief that I am not alone. Am I selfless or unforgivably selfish?
I am both.
I am neither.
I am nothing.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Midnight Star

#163 done

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...

I deleted the two quotes without likes. We do not delete quotes that have likes. Also, all editions of a book have to have the original author listed as primary in order for the books to be combined correctly in the system.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9845...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1009...

“Människor blir vad vi får höra att vi är. Ana har alltid fart höra att hon är fel.”
to
"Människor blir vad vi får höra att vi är. Ana har alltid fått höra att hon är fel."
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/sear...

It's hard to explain, but maybe this could help:
They were added to this book instead of this book.
The quotes I'm talking about are this one and this one.
If somebody could attach these two quotes to the right edition, that would be amazing! Thank you!

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1068...

The recommendation is to ask to have the typo fixed, rather than adding a new quote.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1068...
“Observe the behavior of the butterfly” not “attitude.”

Please add it to this one instead! Thanks in advance!

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...
“how much God ‘has’ blessed you, not ‘had’

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...
“how much God ‘has’ blessed you, not ‘had’"
Corrected.
Goodreads now has a maximum of 10 tags per quote. I deleted one too many (it's really difficult to edit quote tags now since the box doesn't expand)If you want one added back, just post here. I had to reduce the number to edit your quote - the system will not let me edit quotes otherwise.
Also, can you tell me the name of the book?

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...
“how much God ‘has’ blessed you, not ‘had’"
Corrected...."
The quote hasn’t been corrected. Still the way it was.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...
“how much God ‘has’ bles..."
Sorry - it would have reverted back while I was trying to fix the tags. Should be fine now.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...
“how muc..."
Yeah. Sure, it is. Thanks!

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8623...
This quote was neither said nor written by Orwell. It is commonly misattributed to Voltaire, but is actually believed to have been originally used by this person:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_A...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1068...
“The moon becomes ‘the’ king of the sky”, not “king of the sky.”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1068...
“The moon becomes ‘the’ king of the sky”, not “king of the sky.”"
Corrected.

Thank you.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1069...
“If you felt empty and sad”, not “If you feel empty and sad.”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1069...
“It is funny how people notice a skin color”, not “how people notice skin color.”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1070...
It should be "withered" not "whitered".
I apologize for the error.
Thank you!

Would be very greatful for edit:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1070...
It says: "Ot at least "
while it should be: "Or at least"
thanks in advance.

Link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...
Thank you in advance.

Several of the quotes have a stray extra word added beyond the final full stop as the result of what is presumably a cut/paste error. The passage beginning "In the great court..." has an extra 'Early' at the end. The passage beginning "Driving in clouds of dust..." has an extra 'The' at the end. The passage beginning "At midnight" has an extra 'By' at the beginning (my fault).
The passage beginning "he was no mountaineer" has an extra 'An' at the end, but as the following quote is of the same passage but longer I would guess that this was someone's attempt to correct the above error, and that the incomplete duplicate should be deleted altogether.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7144...
Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Could you please delete the strange character in this quote (⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀) and just keep a paragraph break there: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1069...

I've been working on a revised & reimagined version of my book I Am The Architect of My Own Destruction
I've stopped printing copies since the first week of February and the reimagined version of the book no longer contains the following quotes and it would be helpful and informative for future readers to understand that these words are no longer part of the book they may purchase. 💛
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...
Thank you so much and I genuinely appreciate the help. 💛

#189 Done by someone
#190 Seems to have been deleted/merged.
#191 Done
#192 Done
#193 Leaving for another librarian. Thanks for numbering but I find 10 in a single post too many. If you edit & leave 5 in this post & 5 in another I will be happy to look at this for you. Edit: If someone has already done this, just ignore me! :D
#194 Done. (there were no likes) It looks like you put three quotes in a single entry. Please in future just one quote per entry.
#195 Seems to have been done. If any have been missed can you link to the specific quote, thanks.
#196 Done by someone. I have corrected capitalisation of book title.
#197 Also done by someone.

#195 Done
#196 First edit done; second edit (regarding deleting strange character) - not found, so not done.
#197 Done
#198 Not done. All those quotes have likes; we do not delete quotes that have likes.
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