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"But chiefly I thought of the very strange look on all faces in that camp; an incomprehensible look, which a man will never see in England, though wars should be in England; nor can it be seen in any battle. But only in Étaples. It was not despair, or terror, it was more terrible than terror, for it was a blindfold look, and without expression, like a dead rabbit’s." — Dec 25, 2025 11:45PM
"But chiefly I thought of the very strange look on all faces in that camp; an incomprehensible look, which a man will never see in England, though wars should be in England; nor can it be seen in any battle. But only in Étaples. It was not despair, or terror, it was more terrible than terror, for it was a blindfold look, and without expression, like a dead rabbit’s." — Dec 25, 2025 11:45PM
“Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“The change which the writing wrought in me (and of which I did not write) was only a beginning; only to prepare me for the gods' surgery. They used my own pen to probe my wound. ”
― Till We Have Faces
― Till We Have Faces
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
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“What are men to rocks and mountains?”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...”
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Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...”
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