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Gentian Hill
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Evening fell, there were lights here and there upon the ships, scattered lights on the shore, faint lights in the sky, and still the silence was unbroken and the peace profound. Those on shore saw phantom ships upon the sea now, and those
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“Evening fell, there were lights here and there upon the ships, scattered lights on the shore, faint lights in the sky, and still the silence was unbroken and the peace profound. Those on shore saw phantom ships upon the sea now, and those on board saw phantom white villages gleaming along the shore, and after the habit of human kind each man yearned to be where the other was, and saw in the place where he was not his heart’s desire.”
― Gentian Hill
― Gentian Hill
“If there is one class of person I have never quite trusted, it is a man who knows no doubt.”
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“and one knew her to be sound and sweet right through, like a ripe nut.”
― Gentian Hill
― Gentian Hill
“Stick to it,” said Peter; “everything has an end, and you get to it if you only keep all on.”
― Edith Nesbit Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 200+ Short Stories, Tales for Children & Poems
― Edith Nesbit Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 200+ Short Stories, Tales for Children & Poems
“Further up and further in”
― The Last Battle
― The Last Battle
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