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“Every second, ten stars set behind the black water in the west.”

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Paul Bowles was an American composer known for his unique musical style and modern interpretations of traditional music. His works combined elements of classical, jazz, and world music, showcasing a rich imagination in music. more

“The night crept on apace, the moon went down, the stars grew pale and dim, and morning, cold as they, slowly approached. Then, from behind a distant hill, the noble sun rose up, driving the mists in phantom shapes before it, and clearing the earth of their ghostly forms till darkness came again.”

Earth Form Night Stars Nature Behinds Morning Darkness Sun Grew Cold Shapes Moon Rose Noble Driving Hills Pale Mist Phantoms Clearing

Book:A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens

Source: A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens

“His gaze wandered from the windows to the stars, as if he would have read in them something that was hidden from him. Many of us would, if we could; but none of us so much as know our letters in the stars yet - or seem likely to do it, in this state of existence - and few languages can be read until their alphabets are mastered.”

Ifs Knows States Seems Language Stars Nature Existence Window Letters Alphabet

Book:The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Pieces

Source: The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Pieces

“Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the guiding star and the loadstone which point the way. They point in but one direction. They point to me.”

Way Stars One Direction Guiding Stars

Book:Study Guide: Anthem (Study Gudie and Book)

Source: Study Guide: Anthem (Study Gudie and Book)

“At last, in the dead of the night, when the street was very still indeed, Little Dorrit laid the heavy head upon her bosom, and soothed her to sleep. And thus she sat at the gate, as it were alone; looking up at the stars, and seeing the clouds pass over them in their wild flight-which was the dance at Little Dorrit's party.”

Littles Stills Lasts Night Stars Nature Sleep Party Seeing Streets Clouds Heavy Flight Sat Gates Bosoms

Book:LITTLE DORRIT

Source: LITTLE DORRIT

“The night was clear and frosty, all ebony of shadow and silver of snowy slope; big stars were shining over the silent fields; here and there the dark pointed firs stood up with snow powdering their branches and the wind whistling through them.”

Source: The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poems, Letters and Memoirs (Including The Complete Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Avonlea & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Pat of Silver Bush, The Blue Castle & many more

“There are moments when Nature reveals the passion hidden beneath the careless calm of her ordinary moods-violent spring flashing white on almond-blossom through the purple clouds; a snowy, moonlit peak, with its single star, soaring up to the passionate blue; or against the flames of sunset, an old yew-tree standing dark guardian of some fiery secret.”

Moments Passion Stars Dark White Secret Tree Spring Ordinary Standing Blue Calm Clouds Passionate Mood Violent Flames Sunset Soar Purple Guardian Careless Fiery Snowy Almonds Yew

Book:The Forsyte Saga

Source: The Forsyte Saga

“There seemed to be nothing to see; no fences, no creeks or trees, no hills or fields. If there was a road, I could not make it out in the faint starlight. There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made.”

Ifs Made Country Stars Tree Land Fields Materials Hills Fence Starlight Creeks

Book:My Ántonia

Source: My Ántonia

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