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"He reminded himself with some bitterness that he stood, an unheralded stranger, before a solidly compact body of things and people in which he had not yet made any impression. It was the same old story: he payed at expecting a ready capitulation if the whole - gods and men - and, at the same time, was to well aware of the laborious process that was his sole means of entry and fellowship." — May 31, 2019 05:02AM
"He reminded himself with some bitterness that he stood, an unheralded stranger, before a solidly compact body of things and people in which he had not yet made any impression. It was the same old story: he payed at expecting a ready capitulation if the whole - gods and men - and, at the same time, was to well aware of the laborious process that was his sole means of entry and fellowship." — May 31, 2019 05:02AM
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“Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better.”
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“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
“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
“When I Am Dead, My Dearest
When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress-tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.”
― Complete Poems
When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress-tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.”
― Complete Poems
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