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Vernon Lee, born Vernon Lee Huxley, was an English writer renowned for her supernatural and Gothic novels. Born on October 14, 1856, and died on February 13, 1935, Lee's works often explored the mysterious and supernatural, with a unique writing style that has captivated readers.

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“things in this world are very roughly averaged; and although averaging is a useful, rapid way of dispatching business, it does undoubtedly waste a great deal which is too good for wasting.”

World Way Doe Deals This World Waste Data Rapids

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“There is too little courtship in the world. ... For courtship means a wish to stand well in the other person's eyes, and, what is more, a readiness to be pleased with the other's ways; a sense on each side of having had the better of the bargain; an undercurrent of surprise and thankfulness at one's good luck.”

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Book:Hortus Vitae: Essays on the Gardening of Life

Source: Hortus Vitae: Essays on the Gardening of Life

“poets are privileged to utter more than they can always quite explain, bringing up from the mind's unplumbed depths tokens of the nature of the world we carry within us.”

World Mind Poetry Poet Depth Privileged Tokens

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“A deal of the world's sound happiness is lost through Shyness.”

World Lost Sound Deals Shyness

Book:A Vernon Lee Anthology: Selections from the Earlier Works

Source: A Vernon Lee Anthology: Selections from the Earlier Works

“There is too little courtship in the world.”

World Littles Courtship

Book:Hortus Vitae: And Limbo

Source: Hortus Vitae: And Limbo

About the Author

Born: October 14, 1856
Died: February 13, 1935
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 15

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