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“What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.”

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Muriel Barbery, born on May 28, 1969, is a renowned French novelist. Her works are known for their unique perspective and profound thinking, which have won her a wide audience. more

“That's right," said Luna encouragingly, as if they were back in the Room of Requirement and this was simply spell practice for the D.A. "That's right, Harry... come on, think of something happy..." "Something happy?" he said, his voice cracked. "We're all still here," she whispered, "We're still fighting. Come on, now.”

Ifs Thinking Said Stills Fighting Voice Rooms Practice Spells Requirements Cracked Hermione

Author:J. K. Rowling

“I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched sailors on the shore stare mutely at the slow-rolling swell of the sea. I have watched old soldiers with hearts like leather grow teary-eyed at their king's colors stretched against the wind. Listen to me: these men know nothing of love. You will not find it in the words of poets or the longing eyes of sailors. If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows.”

Source: The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two

“Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?”

Evil Mask

Book:The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

Source: The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

“For a while, Mirabelle believes there will be a moment when he will cave in and let himself love her, but eventually she lets the idea go. She hits bottom. She dwells in the muck for several months, not depressed exactly, but involved in a mourning that at first she thinks is for Ray but soon realizes is for the loss of her old self.”

Thinking Firsts Believe Ideas Self Moments Realizing Loss Months Involved Bottom Mourning Rays Caves Old Self

Book:Shopgirl

Source: Shopgirl

“If you are pitched into misery, remember that your days on this earth are counted and you might as well make the best of those you have left.”

Ifs Wells Might Earth Remember Left Misery

Book:Beatrice and Virgil

Source: Beatrice and Virgil

“The winds that sometimes take something we love, are the same that bring us something we learn to love. Therefore we should not cry about something that was taken from us, but, yes, love what we have been given. Because what is really ours is never gone forever.”

Should Has Beens Sometimes Given Gone Forever Taken Cry Wind Spiritual Wisdom Reggae Spiritual Gifts Reggae Music

Author:Bob Marley

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