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“When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.”

Book:Valley of the Dolls: 50th Anniversary Edition

Work

Valley of the Dolls: 50th Anniversary Edition

This novel delves into the lives of three women, Dora, Neely, and Anne, as they navigate the complexities of fame, love, and ambition in the world of show business. The 50th Anniversary Edition commemorates the enduring impact of this seminal work in American literature. more

Author

Jacqueline Susann

Jacqueline Susann was an American novelist known for her best-selling novel 'Valley of the Dolls'. Her works often focused on women's lives, exploring themes of love, marriage, and women's roles in society. Born on August 20, 1918, she passed away on September 21, 1974. more

“There are things that I canna tell you, at least not yet. And I'll ask nothing of ye that ye canna give me. But what I would ask of ye---when you do tell me something, let it be the truth. And I'll promise ye the same. We have nothing now between us, save---respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies. Do ye agree?”

Thinking Giving Lying Asks Rooms Secret Promise Give Me Agree Deceit Outlander

Book:The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Source: The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

“But there was more to it than that. As the Amazing Maurice said, it was just a story about people and rats. And the difficult part of it was deciding who the people were, and who were the rats.”

People Said Stories Difficult Rats Rodents

Book:The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents: (Discworld Novel 28)

Source: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents: (Discworld Novel 28)

“So rainbow-sided, touch'd with miseries, She seem'd, at once, some penanced lady elf, Some demon's mistress, or the demon's self.”

Self Seems Misery Demon Rainbow Mistress

Book:The Complete Poetry of John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn + Ode to a Nightingale + Hyperion + Endymion + The Eve of St. Agnes + Isabella + Ode to Psyche + Lamia + Sonnets and more from one of the most beloved English Romantic poets

Source: The Complete Poetry of John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn + Ode to a Nightingale + Hyperion + Endymion + The Eve of St. Agnes + Isabella + Ode to Psyche + Lamia + Sonnets and more from one of the most beloved English Romantic poets

“Reading in bed is a self-centered act, immobile, free from ordinary social conventions, invisible to the world, and one that, because it takes place between the sheets, in the realm of lust and sinful idleness, has something of the thrill of things forbidden.”

World Self Reading Social Bed Ordinary Lust Invisible Realms Conventions Thrill Sheets Forbidden Idleness Self Centered

Author:Alberto Manguel

“The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world. That wide grey sweep was the lawn, with the straggling trees of the orchard still dark beyond; the white squares were the roofs of the garage, the old barn, the rabbit hutches, the chicken coops. Further back there were only the flat fields of Dawson's farm, dimly white-striped. All the broad sky was grey, full of more snow that refused to fall. There was no colour anywhere.”