Until one day, one day, this girl appeared who knew nothing of this.
This girl, who stands so quiet and grave at the mouth of hell.
This girl, who is all quietness and sanity and innocence.
Do you wonder why I wanted her? Why I risked the wrath of God to get her?
Charlotte Brontë — Jane Eyre
Horace Walpole’s Library 📚 A truly magical place✨ #strawberryhillhouse #horacewalpolecollection (at Strawberry Hill House)
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MARISA COULTER in HIS DARK MATERIALS
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You lost control.
Grownups are infected so deeply that it’s too late for them.
Condemned to a life of sin, guilt, and regret.
Marisa Coulter in His Dark Materials 1.06
“Beautifully done. How should I tell you why you won’t? And why I go North tomorrow? I have Lord Asriel. In a jail, controlled by bears who are in this case, controlled by me. I’ll travel to the North and I will give him to you, as an act of service. And in return, you’ll allow me to pursue our project until its end and you’ll allow me to ask one question of Fra Pavel and his Alethiometer.”
All I could hope was that my crimes were so monstrous that the love was no bigger than a mustard seed in the shadow of them, and I wished I’d committed even greater ones to hide it more deeply still… But the mustard seed had taken root and was growing, and the little green shoot was splitting my heart wide open, and I was so afraid he’d see…
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The stories we love best, do live in us forever… J.K. Rowling #harrypotterstudiotour #backtothechildhood #nevertoooldforharrypotter (at Harry Potter Studio Tour)
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