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“You must not let yourself become too respectable. Keep yourself a little wild. What is life for, if not for the living of it?”

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Cynthia Voigt

Cynthia Voigt is an American author renowned for her children's literature. Born on February 25, 1942, she has written numerous award-winning works since the 1970s, which are beloved by readers of all ages. more

“Not keep a journal! How are your absent cousins to understand the tenor of your life in Bath without one? How are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related as they ought to be, unless noted down every evening in a journal? How are your various dresses to be remembered, and the particular state of your complexion, and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities, without having constant recourse to a journal?”

Source: The Complete Novels of Jane Austen

“And I will look down and see my murmuring bones and the deep water like wind, like a roof of wind, and after a long time they cannot distinguish even bones upon the lonely and inviolate sand.”

Looks Long Water Wind Long Time Lonely Down And Bones Sand Roof Murmuring Deep Water

Book:FAULKNER READER

Source: FAULKNER READER

“Endeavoring to purchase something we think beautiful may in fact be the most unimaginative way of dealing with the longing it excites in us, just as trying to sleep with someone may be the bluntest response to a feeling of love.”

Thinking Way Trying May Facts Feelings Beautiful Sleep Longing Response

Book:The Architecture of Happiness

Source: The Architecture of Happiness

“The Bible was the only book he read. He didn't read it often but when he did he wore his mother's glasses. They tired his eyes so that after a short time he was always obliged to stop.”

Book Eye Mother Tired Glasses His Eyes Obliged Short Time

Book:Wise Blood: A Novel

Source: Wise Blood: A Novel

“Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. The human invention of god is the problem to begin with.”

Ifs Men Humans Said Problem Would Be Atheism Atheist Invention Great Men Dislike God Is Not Great Subtle Atheist Human Inventions

Book:Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume

Source: Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume

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