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"Naples, 6th June 1939
'I’m sitting on a balcony with the whole Bay of Naples below me, on the fourth floor – and watching the twilight come sweeping in over Vesuvius. It’s so beautiful it’s positively alarming to think of all the lovely things that come to us undeserved.'
Michael Monroe, 'Harmony of the Wind'" — May 26, 2020 11:41PM
"Naples, 6th June 1939
'I’m sitting on a balcony with the whole Bay of Naples below me, on the fourth floor – and watching the twilight come sweeping in over Vesuvius. It’s so beautiful it’s positively alarming to think of all the lovely things that come to us undeserved.'
Michael Monroe, 'Harmony of the Wind'" — May 26, 2020 11:41PM
“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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“Happiness is a warm puppy.”
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“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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Elizabeth Taylor - Just one to begin with . . .
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Jola’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jola’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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