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“I don't like people," said Velvet. "... I only like horses.”
― National Velvet
― National Velvet
“On some such night as this she remembered promising to herself to live as brave and noble a life as any heroine she ever read or heard of in romance, a life sans peur et sans reproche; it had seemed to her then that she had only to will, and such a life would be accomplished. And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic. Trusting to herself, she had fallen.”
― North and South
― North and South
“They shan't humiliate me to please themselves.”
― All This, and Heaven Too
― All This, and Heaven Too
“The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.”
― An Old-Fashioned Girl
― An Old-Fashioned Girl
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
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Classics Clique
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— last activity Nov 10, 2019 11:18AM
This book club is for people who love classics, or who just want to try reading more of them. There's gonna be a group book every month to discuss, fo ...more
Allison’s 2024 Year in Books
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