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| e7c8071 | The latter part of her stay in Voronezh had been the happiest period in Princess Marya's life. Her love for Rostov was not then a source of torment or agitation to her. That love had by then filled her whole soul and become an inseparable part of herself, and she no longer struggled against it. Of late Princess Marya was convinced- though she never clearly in so many words admitted it to herself- that she loved and was beloved. | Leo Tolstoy | ||
| cc75a07 | It was necessary that millions of men in whose hands lay the real power -- the soldiers who fired, or transported provisions and guns -- should consent to carry out the will of these weak individuals... | Leo Tolstoy | ||
| 95c8b87 | There are two aspects to the life of every man: the personal life, which is free in proportion as its interests are abstract, and the elemental life of the swarm, in which a man must inevitably follow the laws laid down for him. Consciously a man lives on his own account in freedom of will, but he serves as an unconscious instrument in bringing about the historical ends of humanity. An act he has once committed is irrevocable, and that act.. | Leo Tolstoy | ||
| 103954c | I realized that I had been lost, and how I had become lost. I had strayed not so much because my ideas had been incorrect as because I had lived foolishly. I realized that I had been blinded from the truth not so much through mistaken thoughts as through my life itself, which had been spent in satisfying desire and in exclusive conditions of epicureanism. I realized that my questions as to what my life is, and the answer that it is an evil,.. | Leo Tolstoy | ||
| 3988307 | I see that my presence is burdensome to you. Painful as it was for me to become convinced of it, I see that it is so and cannot be otherwise. I do not blame you, and God is my witness that, seeing you during your illness, I resolved with all my soul to forget everything that had been between us and start a new life. I do not repent and will never repent of what I have done; but I desired one thing - your good, the good of your soul - and no.. | anna-karenina best-of-tolstoy classic-literature classics russian-literature | Leo Tolstoy | |
| 377697b | That which constitutes the cause of the economic poverty of our age is what the English call over-production (which means that a mass of things are made which are of no use to anybody, and with which nothing can be done). | consumerism | Leo Tolstoy | |
| 5ad77c5 | Formerly, when I was told to consider him wise, I kept trying to, and thought I was stupid myself because I was unable to perceive his wisdom; but as soon as I said to myself, he's stupid (only in a whisper of course), it all became quite clear! Don't you think so?' 'How malicious you are to-day!' 'Not at all. I have no choice. One of us is stupid, and you know it's impossible to say so of oneself. | Leo Tolstoy | ||
| 0fc2091 | All this was clear to me, and I was glad and at peace. Then it is as if someone is saying to me, "See that you remember." And I awoke." | Leo Tolstoy | ||
| e2df5d5 | As though tears were the indispensable oil without which the machinery of mutual confidence could not run smoothly between the two sister, the sisters after their tears talked, not of what was uppermost in their minds, but though they talked of outside matters, they understood each other. | Leo Tolstoy | ||
| c538041 | He had heard that women often did care for ugly and ordinary men, but he did not believe it, for he judged by himself, and he could not himself have loved any but beautiful, mysterious, and exceptional women. | Leo Tolstoy | ||
| dc025d9 | All these institutions [prisons] seemed purposely invented for the production of depravity and vice, condensed to such a degree that no other conditions could produce it, and for the spreading of this condensed depravity and vice broadcast among the whole population. | incarceration prison-camps prisons vice | Leo Tolstoy | |
| 3768bd3 | I discover vision, not as a "thinking about seeing," to use Descartes expression, but as a gaze at grips with a visible world, and that is why for me there can be another's gaze." | Maurice Merleau-Ponty | ||
| d273f9a | Results are often negative. We learn what something is not--and that is as important as a positive discovery to the man who is going to pick up from there. At least he knows what not to do. | Daniel Keyes | ||
| e052eca | Dylan, I have no fucking clue how I ever survived not waking up to you. And before you say anything, yes, I did try to wake you up to go for a run with me. You were adorably out cold, as usual. Enjoy your day off. X Reese P.S. Here's a spare key if you go out today. Keep it. | J. Daniels | ||
| 39333e7 | Whatever happens to me, I will have lived a thousand normal lives by what I might add to others not yet born. That's enough. | Daniel Keyes | ||
| 1b8e99e | Strauss again brought up my need to speak and wrtie simply and directly so that people will understand me. He reminds me that language is sometimes a barrier instead of a pathway. Ironic to find myself on the other side of the intellectual fence. | flowers-for-algernon | Daniel Keyes | |
| f34cdef | Having a purpose, that's the key. | Will Adams | ||
| dbed79d | So he decided to stay out of it and instead turned back to Lady Bridgerton, who was, as it happened, the closest person to him, anyway. "And how are you this afternoon?" he asked. Lady Bridgerton gave him a very small smile as she handed him his cup of tea. "Smart man," she murmured. "It's self-preservation, really," he said noncommittally. "Don't say that. They wouldn't hurt you." "No, but I'm sure to be injured in the cross fire." | Julia Quinn | ||
| cf88104 | Francesca actually felt her chin drop. "Mother," she said, shaking her head, "you really should have stopped at seven." "Children, you mean?" Violet asked, sipping at her tea. "Sometimes I do wonder." "Mother!" Hyacinth exclaimed. Violet just smiled at her. "Salt?" "It took her eight tries to get it right," Hyacinth announced, thrusting the salt cellar at her mother with a decided lack of grace. "And does that mean that you, too, hope to ha.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 51eeaac | I had a feeling you'd like that," he said with a satisfied grin. "Why do I feel it . . . everywhere?" "Everywhere?" he murmured. His fingers moved between her legs. "Or here?" "Everywhere," she said breathlessly, "but there most of all." | julia-quinn sarah the-sum-of-all-kisses | Julia Quinn | |
| 8489833 | Oranges and unicorns say the bells of St. . . ." She looked to Harriet for inspiration. "Clunicorns?" "Somehow I don't think so." "Moonicorns." Sarah cocked her head to the side. "Better," she judged. "Spoonicorns? Zoomicorns." And . . . that was enough. Sarah turned back to her book. "We're done now, Harriet." "Parunicorns." Sarah couldn't even imagine where that one had come from. But still, she found herself humming as she read. Oranges .. | sarah | Julia Quinn | |
| 03b2138 | No, Belle needed him. He had to save her from a disastrous marriage. And then, he supposed, he'd simply marry her himself. John wasn't unaware that he was about to pull one of the greatest about-faces in history. He could only hope that Belle would understand that he had realized she'd had been right all along. People made mistakes, didn't they? After all, he wasn't some infallible storybook hero. | splendid | Julia Quinn | |
| 399a5d3 | With an admittedly goofy spring in his step, he made his way across the main hall to the breakfast room, pausing only to peek through the sitting room at the large window, which some enterprising footman had pulled open to let in the warm, spring air. What a day, what a day. Birds were chirping, the sky was blue, the grass was green (as always, but it was still an excellent thing), and he had kissed Miss Wynter. He nearly bounced right off .. | daniel-the-goof julia-quiin | Julia Quinn | |
| 19660b4 | Then it's settled," Harriet said. "We shall work out the smaller roles later." "What about you?" Elizabeth demanded. "Oh, I'm going to be the goddess of the sun and moon." "The tale gets stranger and stranger," Daniel said. "Just wait until act seven," Miss Wynter told him. "Seven?" His head snapped up. "There are seven acts?" "Twelve," Harriet corrected, "but don't worry, you're in only eleven of them. Now then, Miss Wynter, when do you pr.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 509c05a | It was nearly impossible to keep anything a secret, especially from her sisters, the youngest of whom--Hyacinth--could probably have won the war against Napoleon in half the time if His Majesty had only thought to draft her into the espionage service. | Julia Quinn | ||
| d77680b | Never," he spat out, "kick a man who is pointing a gun at you." | Julia Quinn | ||
| 14b5ffd | Oakley won't," the duke said. She turned and blinked. "I beg your pardon." "Lord Oakley. He won't forget to find us rooms. I've known him for years. The only thing that is making this bearable is that he must be dying inside over all this." "You don't like him?" "On the contrary. I've long considered him a friend. It's why I enjoy his misery so much." | funny | Julia Quinn | |
| 19f1170 | No, of course not," Belle said, playfully swatting him on the shoulder. "I never, never even once thought I was making a mistake. I was just a bit at odds with myself because my wedding wasn't exactly how I dreamed it was going to be." "I'm sorry," John said softly. "No, no, don't be. Just because it wasn't what I thought I wanted doesn't mean it wasn't absolutely perfect. Oh, dear, am I making any sense at all.?" John nodded solemnly. "I t.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| df92fed | Most people would have probably lost count around seven. This was, Harry knew from his extensive reading on logic and arithmetic, the largest number that most people could visually appreciate. Put seven dots on a page, and most people can take a quick glance and declare, "Seven." Switch to eight, and the majority of humanity was lost." | humanity mathematics numbers seven | Julia Quinn | |
| f020acf | It wasn't one of my favorite boots," Marcus said, trying to cheer Miss Royle up. She looked as if someone had decapitated a puppy." | Julia Quinn | ||
| cbf2750 | All three men looked at the woman in the doorway, but they all saw different things. Alex saw a rather attractive young lady with a remarkable air of vitality in her silver eyes. John saw the woman he'd come to like and admire tremendously this past week, looking rather fetching and grown-up in her new gown and coiffure. Dunford saw an angel. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 3da4282 | He saw nothing but the gentle ruffling of the leaves in the wind, but as he finished his sweep of the area, he somehow . "Sophie!" He heard a gasp, followed by a huge flurry of activity. "Sophie Beckett," he yelled, "if you run from me right now, I swear I will follow you,and I will not take the time to don my clothing." The noises coming from the shore slowed. "I catch up with you," he continued, "because I'm stronger and faster. And I .. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 6436902 | You'll stay," he said firmly. "But-" He crossed his arms. "Do I look like a man in the mood to be argued with?" She stared at him mutinously. "If you run," he warned, "I catch you." Sophie eyed the distance between them, then tried to judge the distance back to My Cottage.If he stopped to pull on his clothing she might have a chance of escaping, but if he ... "Sophie," he said, "I can practically see the steam coming out of your ears. S.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| fc29fae | A man only got one shot at declaring himself to his true love; he didn't want to muck it up completely. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 373bcc2 | Love was the best present of all... | Julia Quinn | ||
| a3d32c3 | In this room,in this minite,she was his everything | Julia Quinn | ||
| 5013419 | Shall we return to the dining room?" Anthony queried. "I imagine you're hungry, and if we tarry much longer, Colin is sure to have eaten our host out of house and home." Eloise nodded. "Either that, or they've all killed him by now." Anthony paused to consider that. "It would save me the expense of a wedding." "Anthony!" "It's a joke, Eloise," he said, giving his head a weary shake. "Come along, now. Let's make sure your Sir Phillip still r.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 5f827d0 | Yes." She sighed again, with even more drama, not that Gregory would have imagined it possible. "It is all so romantic," she added. "The bride, the groom..." "Both are considered standard in the ceremony, I understand." His mother shot him a peevish look. "How could I have raised a son who is so unromantic?" Gregory decided there could not possibly be an answer to that." | Julia Quinn | ||
| 0b8b4c8 | no one thought her the least bit unattractive, but at the same time, no one was dazzled by her beauty, stunned into speechlessness by her presence, or moved to write poetry in her honor. Men, she thought with disgust, were interested only in women who terrified them ... They all adored her, or so they said, because she was so easy to talk to, and she always seemed to understand how a man felt. As one of the men Daphne had thought might make.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| dda8cdb | You do remember my brothers?" Anthony queried politely. "Benedict and Colin. Benedict I'm sure you recall from Eton. He was the one who dogged our footsteps for three months when he first arrived." "Not true!" Benedict said with a laugh. "I don't know if you've met Colin, actually," Anthony continued. "He was probably too young to have crossed your path." "Pleased to meet you," Colin said jovially. Simon noted the rascally glint in the .. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 25253cc | For a moment he could do nothing but close his eyes. Was this a taste of the rest of his life as Billie Bridgerton's husband? Was he destined to live in terror, wondering what sort of danger she'd thrown herself into that day? Was it worth it? "George?" she whispered. She sounded uneasy. Had she seen something in his expression? A sign of doubt? He touched her cheek, and he looked into her eyes. He saw his whole world there. "I love you," .. | doubt happiness love world | Julia Quinn | |
| 109e9fa | Why don't you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense." "I have one," she said, "but I don't think it's very good. Half the words are missing." "Half?" "Well, some," she amended. "But truly, that's not the problem." He blinked, waiting for her to continue. She did. Of course. "I don't think Italian is the author's native tongue," she said. "The author of the dictionary?" he queried. "Yes. It's not terribly idiomatic." | dictionary humor italian | Julia Quinn | |
| c62ef20 | He leaned down and whispered, "I love you," in Honoria's ear. Just because he wanted to. She didn't look up, but she smiled. And he smiled, too" | Julia Quinn | ||
| 269a5d8 | Do you know what I like about you, Elizabeth?" She couldn't even possibly imagine. "You're as kind and good a person as they come," he continued, "but unlike most kind and good people, you don't preach or cloy, or try to make everyone else kind and good ... And underneath all that kindness and goodness, you seem to possess a wicked sense of humor, no matter how hard you occasionally try to suppress it." | Julia Quinn |