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| 285ea48 | Of course, in a novel, people's hearts break, and they die, and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us. There is a most busy and important round of eating, drinking, dressing, walking, visiting, buying, selling, talking, reading, and all that makes up what is commonly called living, yet to be gone through... | death cabin harriet stowe tom uncle | Harriet Beecher Stowe | |
| cd35ee4 | O, because I have had only that kind of benevolence which consists in lying on a sofa, and cursing the church and clergy for not being martyrs and confessors. One can see, you know, very easily, how others ought to be martyrs. -Augustine St. Clare | cabin harriet stowe tom uncle | Harriet Beecher Stowe | |
| ee59899 | Birds can sing and fish can swim and I can do this. | imagination inspirational harriet | Donna Tartt |