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"At! to avenge his wrongs the murderer had singled out his victim, and with one fell action had taken away the life that God had given. To avenge his child’s death, the old man lived on; with the single purpose in his heart of vengeance on the murderer. True, his vengeance was sanctioned by law, but was it the less revenge? … Oh Orestes! you would have made a very tolerable Christian of the nineteenth century!" — May 10, 2024 07:58AM
"At! to avenge his wrongs the murderer had singled out his victim, and with one fell action had taken away the life that God had given. To avenge his child’s death, the old man lived on; with the single purpose in his heart of vengeance on the murderer. True, his vengeance was sanctioned by law, but was it the less revenge? … Oh Orestes! you would have made a very tolerable Christian of the nineteenth century!" — May 10, 2024 07:58AM
“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”
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“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”
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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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Constant Reader
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The World's Literature in Europe
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This month's book is translated from the Portuguese. Images: small--from Casa Fernando Pessoa in Lisboa, Portugal, by Vitor Oliveira from Torres Ved ...more
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