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“NO!” I bellowed it at him. “You say that over and over like it’s some kind of slogan. And I never knew why it made me feel as if I was going mad. I don’t ‘upset myself,’ Marco. Things ‘upset me.’ Things ‘upset’ everyone unless they’re catatonic or drugged to their eyeballs. It’s called life.”
― House. Tree. Person.
― House. Tree. Person.
“And whether rich or poor, well or ill, happy or sad, books can be a refuge, they do not change with changing circumstance, they are the open highway to yesterday, today and tomorrow wherever you will to travel.”
― Stillmeadow Daybook
― Stillmeadow Daybook

“Books make such good friends and quiet neighbors.”
― Quiet Neighbors
― Quiet Neighbors

“When one looks at the very elderly or the very ill, one forgets they're not some exotic tribe, but just ourselves at a different moment.”
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“What has she done to deserve such scorn?' I said.
He had the grace to look uncomfortable as he answered. 'Not her in particular, miss,' he said, 'Just her sort. People like her in general, I mean.'
'Oh Harry,' I said, 'there is no such thing as people in general. Everyone is someone very particular.”
― Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains
He had the grace to look uncomfortable as he answered. 'Not her in particular, miss,' he said, 'Just her sort. People like her in general, I mean.'
'Oh Harry,' I said, 'there is no such thing as people in general. Everyone is someone very particular.”
― Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains

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