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“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..”
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
“Time was nothing. Seconds were days, were years, were the breaths that caught between their mouths and the bite of Neil's fingernails against his palms, the scrape of teeth against his lower lip and the warm slide of a tongue against his.”
― The King's Men
― The King's Men
“There's no doubt about it, being a policeman warps a man's mind and ruins that sunny faith in his fellow human beings which is the foundation of a lovable character. There seems to be no way of avoiding this.”
― Very Good, Jeeves!
― Very Good, Jeeves!
“He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
Required Reading With Tom and Stella
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This is a reading group to read along with the podcast Required Reading With Tom and Stella. This is a show where two teachers talk literature. In eac ...more
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