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“Now India is a place beyond all others where one must not take things too seriously—the midday sun always excepted.”

Book:Rudyard Kipling's Short Stories: Short Story Collections

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Rudyard Kipling's Short Stories: Short Story Collections

This compilation includes a selection of short stories written by Rudyard Kipling, showcasing his talent for storytelling across diverse subjects and styles. more

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Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling was a British poet, short-story writer, and novelist, known for his works reflecting British imperialism and his experiences in India. His most famous works include 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim'. more

“They were still in the happier stage of love. They were full of brave illusions about each other, tremendous illusions, so that the communion of self with self seemed to be on a plane where no other human relations mattered. They both seemed to have arrived there with an extraordinary innocence as though a series of pure accidents had driven them together, so many accidents that at last they were forced to conclude that they were for each other. They had arrived with clean hands, or so it seemed, after no traffic with the merely curious and clandestine.”

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“On the contrary, there is something pleasing about his mouth when he speaks. And there is something of dignity in the way his trousers cling to those most English parts of him.”

Way Speak Mouths Dignity Contrary Trousers

Book:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Source: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

“This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of idle chatter, and pour into our wounded bosoms the soothing balm of vengeance.”

Affair Tides Unfortunate Wounded Idle Stem Vengeance Bosoms Soothing Chatter Idle Chatter

Book:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance--now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem

Source: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance--now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem

“It was more work than it seemed, looking through a telescope, as the Earth was continually moving and you had to move along with it. You don't realize how fast this acutally happens, and it's kind of both creepy and wonderful when you stop to think about it. And it makes you realize there's absolutely no way to avoid change. You can sit there and cross your arms and refuse it, but underneath you, things are still spinning away.”