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Into the Lantern Waste

A Narnia inspired music album by Sarah Sparks

Tracks:

1. Into the Lantern Waste

2. Lucy’s Tale

3. Blood for Blood

4. The New Song of Trumpkin

5. Eustace Scrubb

6. Puddleglum’s Anthem

7. A Song for Jill

8. Shasta’s Complaint

9. Digory’s Regret

10. Come Further Up

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Into the Lantern Waste

-Sarah Sparks

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The Antiquary Shop, 1879 by William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

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“I prefer facts to whimsy.”

-Mary Bennet in ‘The Other Bennet Sister’

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"I sit at the very top of a fresh month with a choice before me. One which very well may have an impact on the whole of my existence. Which book do I read next?"

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion - Vol. 6

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This world is full of sorrow because it is full of sin. It is a dark place. It is a lonely place. It is a disappointing place. The brightest sunbeam in it is a friend. Friendship halves our troubles and doubles our joys.

"If you think of someone who has no friends you see what can happen: a human being, like a neglected garden, may become rather overgrown--quite literally dirty and unkempt, unsocial, introverted; after a bit, eccentric or half mad. Social intercourse keeps people--quite literally--clean and reasonably polite, sane and functional."

Sometimes it takes a direct comment from a friend to change our behavior. But more often than not, it happens subtly and naturally. It happens without even trying, or even thinking about it. Like stones in a river, the waters of friendship smooth us out over time. As we submerge ourselves into the lives of our friends, they polish us and smooth over our jagged edges.

-Made For Friendship

Drew Hunter

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the unselected journals of emma m. lion: vol. 2- beth brower

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on another note everyone NEEDS to immediately go read (or listen) to the unselected journals of emma m. lion. new favorite books by far, they are the best books i have read in perhaps a long while! incredibly well written and crafted, indulgent in the most lovely way possible, witty, hilarious, and some of the most fantastic characters i have ever had the pleasure to read.

definitely for lovers of british/uk period pieces and perhaps anne of green gables lovers. slow burn in the best possible way esp bc romance is not the main focus at all, books still coming out and going so so strong. there's eight volumes, ninth coming out this year! but generally quick reads esp the first few, i binged all eight (reading and listening) in a little over a week

if you have read them pls talk to me about them immediately <333

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okay okay okay another book almost nobody's ever heard of (there's a community for it at least) THE UNSELECTED JOURNALS OF EMMA M. LION it's historical fiction, takes place 1883-4 and they're hilarious. technically love triangle but it doesn't focus on that at all until the end of volume SIX. it's just a girl and two guys vibing and also there's another guy who quite possibly has some sort of sweetheart I'm not sure. there's also some Jane Eyres and painters and this one guy who might be good at heart but I don't trust him one bit. and also a couple of quite eccentric relatives. and it's ongoing, there's eight books at the moment but I heard someone say there's gonna be like twenty-five and while I'm not sure if I believe that. SFGPOIERGSRJGHOPRDIHJQPEROIGHVDSKREJGPEIWGNBIDP

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The Mighty Nigel Hawkes, ladies and gentlemen.

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Beauty, I argue, is a real and universal value, one anchored in our rational nature, and the sense of beauty has an indispensable part to play in shaping the human world.

from ‘Beauty: A Very Short Introduction’ by Sir Roger Scruton

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Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people who are indifferent to beauty, then it is surely because they do not perceive it.

from ‘Beauty: A Very Short Introduction’ by Sir Roger Scruton

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She drove the Bear Cat past orchards, hundreds of acres of orchards of waxen green leaves and waxen white bloom of orange, grapefruit, and lemon. She took him where seas of pink outlined peach orchards, and other seas the more delicate tint of apricots. She glided down avenues lined with palm and eucalyptus, pepper and olive, and through unbroken rows, extending for miles, of roses, long stretches of white, again a stretch of pink, then salmon, yellow, and red. Nowhere in all the world are there to be found so many acres of orchard bloom and so many miles of tree-lined, rose decorated roadway as in Southern California.

🌵Her Father’s Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter

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“One doesn’t have to prefer spring to be a contented soul.” -Beth Brower

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He thought that he disliked seeing one who had mortified him so keenly; but he was mistaken. It was a stinging pleasure to be in the room with her, and feel her presence.

North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell

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