“There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.”
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The story of 17-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in an English castle, "I Capture the Castle" is as brightly witty and adventuresome today as it was when it was first published 50 years ago. Illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Dodie Smith
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“There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.”
“Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.”
“Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.”
“I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt.”
“I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.”
“Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.”
“Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work of other writers, for their creato...”
“Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever.”