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Lettres de l'année 1671 (Folio classique)

by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal de Sévigné

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“To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.”
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Aphorisms

tags: content, materialism

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“There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions.”
― Elizabeth George, Missing Joseph

tags: life-questions

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“Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces

tags: holy-places, paganism

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“When you set sail for Ithaca,
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge.”
― C.P. Cavafy

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“Facts are like cows. If you look them in the face long enough, they generally run away.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers

tags: facts, truth

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This is a place for lovers of all types of fantasy literature and culture. Here, you can discuss your favorite books, authors, and series. There is pl ...more

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