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“Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the shortness of life, what mastery requires, and how to overlap the things you love
The Leithen Stories: "Power House", "John McNab", "Sick Heart River" (Canongate Classics Book 23)
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plunged in an abyss of dismal reflection—a
Alexandre Dumas • The Three Musketeers
She has the cunning of madness, with the prudence of intelligence. I will tell you what she is, Mr. Audley. She is dangerous!”
Mary Elizabeth Braddon • Lady Audley's Secret
In his initial conversation with the scientific explorer Robert Walton, the narrator of this frame-tale novel,14 he refuses to share his secret knowledge: “I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.” Victor continues: “Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dange
... See moreMary Shelley • Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds (The MIT Press)
We were quite close, almost touching. Our eyes met again. It was reckless of me, but I asked Lady Brandon to introduce me to him. Perhaps it was not so reckless, after all. It was simply inevitable. We would have spoken to each other without any introduction. I am sure of that.
Oscar Wilde • The Picture of Dorian Gray
may walk unconsciously in an atmosphere of crime, and breathe none the less freely. I believe that we may look into the smiling face of a murderer, and admire its tranquil beauty.”