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Ideals belong in a world only the wise man can understand," Marron said quietly. ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#ideals #wisdom #wisdom-quote

Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#happy #women #louisa-may-alcott

Desire grows by what it feeds on. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#wishes #l-m-montgomery

Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twilight across the snowy places. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#snow #twilight #l-m-montgomery

Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#worth #writing #l-m-montgomery

No, you’re not going with him.” I crossed my arms. “Who decided that?” He put on his “I’m alpha and I’m putting my foot down” expression. “I decided. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#kate #ilona-andrews

There was murder, there was rape, there were unspeakable practices, and all of them were for the good, the bloody good, the bloody myth, for the grail, for the Tower. ↗

— Stephen King

#chambers #dark #deschain #grail #gunslinger

I'm sorry, my child, I just find it hard to whip up an interest in the subject. It's admirable, what you do, what she does, but to me animal-welfare people are a bit like Christians of a certain kind. Everyone is so cheerful and well-intentioned that after a while you itch to go off and do some raping and pillaging. Or to kick a cat. ↗

— J.M. Coetzee

#disgrace #kick-a-cat #rape

A wise old Owl sat on an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard, Why aren't we like that wise old bird? ↗

— Wisdom Quote

#wisdom-quote

Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries! ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#little-women #louisa-may-alcott #louisa-may-alcott