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"Impressed with Lawrence's crisp, clear writing. He sometimes tries to cover too much in a confined space, making it hard to grasp context, but it's in part, I suspect, because the book is part travel log and local history as well as memoir.
I've had to use a dictionary several times, which doesn't often happen with many authors. I need a notebook and a WorldAtlas to keep track of the names and places." — Feb 05, 2018 08:48PM
"Impressed with Lawrence's crisp, clear writing. He sometimes tries to cover too much in a confined space, making it hard to grasp context, but it's in part, I suspect, because the book is part travel log and local history as well as memoir.
I've had to use a dictionary several times, which doesn't often happen with many authors. I need a notebook and a WorldAtlas to keep track of the names and places." — Feb 05, 2018 08:48PM
“The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.”
― Nine Stories
― Nine Stories
“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house, a world; and beyond its world a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you: build, therefore, your own world.”
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“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
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“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
― The Outsiders
― The Outsiders
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