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Grace said:
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This book had me hooked, right up until the end, when I was disappointed in the summarizing aspects of the narrative. It felt so much less passionate and real than Austen's other books do. Right up until the end, though, I really loved it.
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“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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“Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you.”
― I Capture the Castle
― I Capture the Castle
“Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
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“My,' she said. 'We're lucky that you found the place.'
We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.”
― A Moveable Feast
We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.”
― A Moveable Feast
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