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Sympathy with the fluttering alder and poplar leaves almost takes away my breath; yet, like the lake, my serenity is rippled but not ruffled.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
we insignificant people with our daily words and acts are preparing the lives of many Dorotheas, some of which may present a far sadder sacrifice than that of the Dorothea whose story we know. Her finely-touched spirit had still its fine issues, though they were not widely visible. Her full nature, like that river of which Cyrus broke the strength,
... See moreGeorge Eliot • Middlemarch (AmazonClassics Edition)
The Mitford Affair: Pamela Mitford and the treasure hunt murder (The Mitford Murders)
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‘I just can’t believe this garden! I used to think that when I went to heaven I’d want to find a great orchestra like you see it from the Grand Circle of a concert hall – all the russet-coloured violins and the silver flutes and a beautiful lady harpist plucking the strings. But then when I came here I thought it had to be the sea. Only now I don’t
... See moreEva Ibbotson • The Morning Gift
Si une dame se rendait au vestiaire, il s’empressait d’aller lui chercher son manteau ; il avait pour chaque enfant un regard amical ou un mot de plaisanterie ; il était à la fois sociable et discret ; bref, il paraissait un de ces êtres privilégiés, à qui le sentiment d’être agréable aux autres par un visage souriant et un charme juvénile donne
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