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“I'll tell you," said she, in the same hurried passionate whisper, "what real love it. It is blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your whole heart and soul to the smiter - as I did!”

Book:British Classics: Great Expectations

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British Classics: Great Expectations

This collection includes Charles Dickens' renowned novel "Great Expectations", a story of a young orphan's journey through life, love, and social class in 19th-century England. more

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens, a British writer born on February 7, 1812, and died on June 9, 1870, is one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century. Known for his profound social criticism and vivid narrative style, Dickens' works extensively cover social reality, revealing various issues in the British society of the time. more

“The world does not consist of 100 percent Christians and 100 percent non-Christians. There are people (a great many of them) who are slowly ceasing to be Christians but who still call themselves by that name: some of them are clergymen. There are other people who are slowly becoming Christians though they do not yet call themselves so.”

People World Doe Stills Christian Names Becoming Percent Clergymen

Author:C. S. Lewis

“You always kill the one you love.”

One You Love

Book:You do not talk about Fight Club: I am Jack's completely unauthorized essay collection

Source: You do not talk about Fight Club: I am Jack's completely unauthorized essay collection

“The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead. For what we are trying to do is to remain what we call "ourselves," to keep personal happiness as our great aim in life, and yet at the same time be "good.”

Trying Self Whole Hands Wish Christ Impossible Terrible Easier Aim Be Good Terrible Things Precaution Impossible Things Personal Happiness

Book:Joyful Christian

Source: Joyful Christian

“Remember, we Christians think man lives for ever. Therefore, what really matters is those little marks or twists on the central, inside part of the soul which are going to turn it, in the long run, into a heavenly or a hellish creature.”