"The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading."

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Source : Vernon Lee (1907). “Hortus Vitae: And Limbo”

Vernon Lee

#Reading Quotes #Pleasure Quotes #Pleasure Of Reading Quotes

“she kept sliding down, in small half-willing surrenders, till she was a heap, with the book held tiringly above her face.”

Source : Alan Hollinghurst (2011). “The Stranger's Child”, p.6, Pan Macmillan
“Passion will make you crazy, but is there any other way to live?”
“Learn early, learn often.”
“Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Â Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Â Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.”
“Mostly your love is passionate force. But when this passionate force turns itself to be a compassionate force under the guidance of compassionate intelligence, that is where one becomes brahm giani. One knows all, one sees all, one says all.”
“I'm very real, very sincere and honest, and that's how I'll always be.”
“Swift doth young Love flee, And we stand wakened, shivering from our dream.”

Source : George Meredith (1922). “The Complete Works of George Meredith”, p.8027, Library of Alexandria
“I never loved you any more than I do, right this second. And I'll never love you any less than I do, right this second.”

Source : Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl (2009). “Beautiful Creatures”, p.335, Hachette UK

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