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"I never thought Mum was mad, but a thorn of loving turned inward makes sense to me. Her longing to be loved, to be celebrated, to be seen, to be creative, above all to be free. I wondered if she was soothed by those hundreds, no thousands of hours threading beads, knotting silk between pearls, taking time and care to create beautiful things. Her fingers and her imagination showing the delicacy and burn of her heart." — Mar 19, 2020 03:40PM
"I never thought Mum was mad, but a thorn of loving turned inward makes sense to me. Her longing to be loved, to be celebrated, to be seen, to be creative, above all to be free. I wondered if she was soothed by those hundreds, no thousands of hours threading beads, knotting silk between pearls, taking time and care to create beautiful things. Her fingers and her imagination showing the delicacy and burn of her heart." — Mar 19, 2020 03:40PM
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.”
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“Every life has death and every light has shadow. Be content to stand in the light and let the shadow fall where it will.”
― The Hollow Hills
― The Hollow Hills
“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?”
― The Warden
― The Warden
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