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It may well be on such a night of clouds and cruel colors that there is brought forth upon the earth such a portent as a respectable poet. You say you are a poet of law; I say you are a contradiction in terms. I only wonder there were not comets and earthquakes on the night you appeared in this garden. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#comets #cruel-colors #earthquakes #garden #night

By Gad,' exclaimed Welsh, 'I’d manage a nunnery for £500!' 'I daresay you would, but a suicidal, and possibly homicidal, lunatic isn’t a nunnery.' Welsh looked at his friend with diminished respect. ↗

— J. Storer Clouston

#humor #lunatic #nunnery #respect

Why did the mushroom go to the party? Because he's a fungi! ↗

— One Direction

#liam-payne #louis-tomlinson #niall-horan #one-direction #zayn-malik

I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #secrets #louisa-may-alcott

Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #prosperity #louisa-may-alcott

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#little-women #louisa-may-alcott #louisa-may-alcott

Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #work #louisa-may-alcott

The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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