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“Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears. But in real life it is different. Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications. Our Guildensterns play Hamlet for us, and our Hamlets have to jest like Prince Hal. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.”
― Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
― Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
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“It was, perhaps, no situation from which to face a charging badger.”
― The Paper Men
― The Paper Men
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'
I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore an inclement and pitiless sky.'
That is not what I meant,' interrupted my father, as obstinate as the trees and as pitiless as the sky.”
― Swann’s Way
I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore an inclement and pitiless sky.'
That is not what I meant,' interrupted my father, as obstinate as the trees and as pitiless as the sky.”
― Swann’s Way
What's the Name of That Book???
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A Darker Shade of Magic Read Along!
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We're hosting a read along of A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab in February and this is a place for discussion, reminders and to connect with oth ...more
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