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“Oh, poor, poor fellow!' said Mrs. Elliot with a remorse that was sincere, though her congratulations would not have been.”
― The Longest Journey
― The Longest Journey

“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.”
― Cat's Cradle
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.”
― Cat's Cradle

“She was daily surprised by the things he knew and the things he did not know; both, at the time, added to his attraction.”
― Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
― Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

“The charm of your writing,” Evelyn Waugh once wrote to Mitford, “depends on your refusal to recognize a distinction between girlish chatter and literary language.”
― The Pursuit of Love
― The Pursuit of Love
“Maybe we really are made of the same clay, maybe we really are condemned, blameless, to the same, identical mediocrity.”
― The Story of a New Name
― The Story of a New Name

Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading as many books and essays about equality as I can get my hands on. There is so m ...more
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