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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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“You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”
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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
“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
“You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
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