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“We could have gone on longing for one another and pretending not to notice forever. This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it.”
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“The Octavo filled the room with a dull, sullen light, which wasn't strictly light at all but the opposite of light; darkness isn't the opposite of light, it is simply its absence, and what was radiating from the book was the light that lies on the far side of darkness, the light fantastic.”
― The Light Fantastic
― The Light Fantastic
“She tossed the ball into the wastepaper basket. She never missed. Sometimes the basket moved in order to ensure that this was the case.”
― Thief of Time
― Thief of Time
“A sunny nature? A light heart? I have never been so insulted. Light-hearted is a short step from witless in my book. A cackling buffoon”
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“What attracted men? Good looks? Certainly if a girl was pretty then she tended to get the attention of men; that was beyond any doubt at all. But it was not just prettiness that mattered, because there were many girls who did not look anything special but who seemed to find no difficulty in making men notice them. These girls dressed in a very careful way; they knew which colours appealed to men (red, and other bright colours; men were like cattle in that respect) [...]”
― In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
― In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Sachin’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Sachin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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