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“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”

Book:Taken Care Of: An Autobiography

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Taken Care Of: An Autobiography

This book is a memoir that provides insights into the author's life journey, detailing significant events and personal growth. more

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Edith Sitwell

British poet known for her unique style and themes. Edith Sitwell was born on September 7, 1887, and died on December 9, 1964. Her poetry has had a profound impact on the literary world. more

“Perhaps the sexual life is the great test. If we can survive it with charity to those we love and with affection to those we have betrayed, we needn't worry so much about the good and the bad in us. But jealousy, distrust, cruelty, revenge, recrimination ... then we fail. The wrong is in that failure even if we are the victims and not the executioners. Virtue is no excuse.”

Ifs Life Is Worry Virtue Failing Tests Victim Charity Affection Excuse Revenge Cruelty Distrust Betrayed No Excuses Those We Love Executioners

Book:The Comedians

Source: The Comedians

“It's hard to remember that this day will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are no second chances at a single moment.”

Hard Moments Remember Chance This Day Second Chance No Second Chances

Book:The Passion

Source: The Passion

“Wherever love is, I want to be, I will follow it as surely as the land-locked salmon finds the sea.”

Want Love Is Sea Land Locked Salmon

Book:The Passion

Source: The Passion

“You can't regret the life you didn't lead.”

Regret

Book:The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Source: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“Figures dark beneath their loads pass down the far bank of the river, rendered immortal by the streak of sunset upon their shoulders”

Dark Figures Rivers Shoulders Sunset Immortal Load Streaks

Book:The Snow Leopard

Source: The Snow Leopard

“For those who pass it without entering, the city is one thing; it is another for those who are trapped by it and never leave. There is the city where you arrive for the first time; and there is another city which you leave never to return. Each deserves a different name; perhaps I have already spoken of Irene under other names; perhaps I have spoken only of Irene.”

Firsts Different Names Cities One Thing Return Deserve First Time Trapped Entering Different Names

Book:Invisible Cities

Source: Invisible Cities

“The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual experience is the sense of justice.”

Next Literature Justice Sensuality Sensual

Book:Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

Source: Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

“I don't know myself, what to do, where to go... I lie in the crack of a book for my comfort... it's what the world offers... please leave me alone to dream as I fancy.”

Knows World Book Dream Lying Comfort Please Offers Fancy Cracks Leaving Me Me Alone Leave Me Alone

Author:William H. Gass

“You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself." Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought.”

Needs Next Hurt Walks Careful Planning Conclusion Classroom Second Thoughts Incorporating Backflips

Author:Janette Rallison

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