“There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman. Such was the fate of Chiaroscuro. His heart was broken. Picking up the spoon and placing it on his head, speaking of revenge, these things helped him to put his heart together again. But it was, alas, put together wrong.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
― The Tale of Despereaux
“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.”
― The Tale of Despereaux
― The Tale of Despereaux
“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.”
― The Importance of Living
― The Importance of Living
“So many books, so little time.”
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“Tea would arrive, the cakes squatting on cushions of cream, toast in a melting shawl of butter, cups agleam and a faint wisp of steam rising from the teapot shawl.”
― My Family and Other Animals
― My Family and Other Animals
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Sherin’s 2023 Year in Books
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