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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."
“I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So, I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind… and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That’s why I read so much, Jon Snow.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.”
― The Way to Rainy Mountain
― The Way to Rainy Mountain
“For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.”
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“Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.”
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