Quotes about Classic lit

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The moon shone upon his almost transparent hands, and Stephen saw that the nails were fearfully long and that the light — M.R. James, Lost Hearts
As they walked, it seemed almost every building had some similar contrivance as decoration, adorning the street in a cac — A.F. Stewart, Mechanized Masterpieces: a Steampunk Anthology
Ignoring somebody’s mistakes in life from a powerful position makes you a saint, but the same act (whose intentiondoes n — Ravindra Shukla
Where do you prefer to sit, Sir?" (Lady Alexandra to William, the Duke, during her mail-order bride interview.) — Lisa M. Prysock, To Find a Duchess
I've never met anyone as kind as you are, except me Mum, o' course." --Benjamin Trimmel to Lady Alexandra. — Lisa M. Prysock, To Find a Duchess
Upon the publication of Goethe’s epic drama, the Faustian legend had reached an almost unapproachable zenith. Although m — E.A. Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul be Damned for the World, Vol. 2
In the face of all his handicaps, Jurgis was obliged to make the price of a lodging, and of a drink every hour or two, u — Upton Sinclair, The Jungle
the horizon bounded by a propitious sky, azure, marbled with pearly white. — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Rationality is the way to lead life. So high time,let’s stop feeding our dreams and shake hands with the reality. — Parul Wadhwa, The Masquerade
Once upon a time, they say, there was a girl...there was a boy...there was a person who was in trouble. And this is what — Terri Windling
LONDON. Michaelmas Term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln’s Inn Hall. Implacable November weather. — Charles Dickens, Bleak House