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| 04cc68b | Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith. | bookish books heroine introversion introvert irvine-welsh library literature read reader reading reading-books skagboys solitude zenith | Irvine Welsh | |
| 4f07c40 | Love gives insight, Maggie, and insight often gives foreboding. Listen to me, let me supply you with books; do let me see you sometimes, be your brother and teacher, as you said at Lorton. It is less wrong that you should see me than that you should be committing this long suicide. | bookish caring compassion foreboding gentleman insight love suicide wrong | George Eliot |