“She wondered whether there would ever come an hour in her life when she didn't think of him -- didn't speak to him in her head, didn't relive every moment they'd been together, didn't long for his voice and his hands and his love. She had never dreamed of what it would feel like to love someone so much; of all the things that had astonished her in her adventures, that was what astonished her the most. She thought the tenderness it left in her heart was like a bruise that would never go away, but she would cherish it forever.”
- Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials.

Translation
#philippullman

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“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
- George Orwell, 1984.

Translation
#georgeorwell

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“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
- Roald Dahl.

Translation
#roalddahl

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When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (maybe) spoke with the dead.

On Sept. 7, 1919, the 60-year-old Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, doctor, lecturer, seafarer, sportsman, indefatigable social campaigner—and globally renowned author of the Sherlock Holmes tales—shared the platform of a spiritualist rally at a hotel in the naval town of Portsmouth, England, with a 38-year-old spiritual medium named Evan Powell.

#arthurconandoyle

“It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.”
- Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes.

#B1 #quotes #english #frankmccourt
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📓 Vocabulary Revision Tests 15/11 - 03/12
🗒 18 questions  ·  ⏱ ≈ 3 minutes

#exercises

“And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn’t crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again, he would never carve another piece of wood or help us raise doves and pigeons in the backyard or play the violin the way he did, or tell us jokes the way he did. He was part of us and when he died, all the actions stopped dead and there was no one to do them the way he did. He was individual. He was an important man. I’ve never gotten over his death. Often I think what wonderful carvings never came to birth because he died. How many jokes are missing from the world, and how many homing pigeons untouched by his hands? He shaped the world. He did things to the world. The world was bankrupted of ten million fine actions the night he passed on.”
- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451.

Translation
#raybradbury

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“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Translation
#fscottfitzgerald

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“To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?”
- Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead.

Translation
#aynrand

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“But I am I. And I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind”
- Jack London, Martin Eden.

Translation
#jacklondon

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Al grew tense over the wheel. A little rattle had developed in the engine. He speeded up and the rattle increased. He retarded his spark and listened, and then he speeded up for a moment and listened. The rattle increased to a metallic pounding. Al blew his horn and pulled the car to the side of the road. Ahead the truck pulled up and then backed slowly. Three cars raced by, westward, and each one blew its horn and the last driver leaned out and yelled, "Where the hell ya think you're stoppin'?"
Tom backed the truck close, and then he got out and walked to the touring car. From the back of the loaded truck heads looked down. Al retarded his spark and listened to his idling motor. Tom asked, "What's a matter, Al?"
Al speeded the motor. "Listen to her." The rattling pound was louder now
- John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath.

Translation
#johnsteinbeck

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“It's not the sort of night for bed, anyhow.”
- Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows.

Translation
#kennethgrahame

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“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion.”
- William M. Thackeray, Vanity Fair.

Translation
#williammthackeray

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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
- Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own.

Translation
#virginiawoolf

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📓 Vocabulary Revision Tests 04/12 - 17/12
🗒 17 questions  ·  ⏱ ≈ 3 minutes

#exercises

“But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince.

#B1 #quotes #english #antoinedesaintexupéry
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“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
- Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.

Translation
#charlesdickens

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“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
- Frank Herbert, Dune.

Translation
#frankherbert

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“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame.”
- William Butler Yeats,, The Land of Heart's Desire.

Translation
#williambutleryeats

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