Books of Elmo

‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will;

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every single angle and moment between them

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‘To define is to limit.’

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'Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man’s face. It cannot be concealed.'

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'I was dominated, soul, brain and power by you. You became to me the visible incarnation of that unseen ideal whose memory haunts us artists like an exquisite dream. I worshipped you'

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'I want to make Romeo jealous. I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir their dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain.'

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‘Because to influence a person is to give him one’s own soul.'

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'He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same'

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'I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me—people feel with their hearts, Ellen, and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him'

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'Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest, as long as I am living! You said I killed you—haunt me, then!* The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe—I know that ghosts have wandered on earth.'

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'I “never told my love*” vocally; still, if looks have language, the merest idiot might have guessed I was over head and ears'

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‘I offer you my hand, my heart, and a share of all my possessions.’

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‘I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion.’

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'He made me love him without looking at me.'

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Do you think I am an automaton?—a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?—You think wrong!—I have as much soul as you,—and full as much heart!

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‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will;

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Not intentionally. Not ever.

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My Storygraph Reading Challenges:

If anyone wants to join.

Formula One World Championship 2026

As an F1 fan I decided to make a challenge. Inspired by F1 and previous challenges I've partic...

Book Cover Challenge

Pick a book with the object on the cover

Book Trope Bingo

Pick a book for each trope

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