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  1. A Christmas Carol

    You drag a ponderous chain seven Christmases long—what links are you forging each year?
    Charles Dickens

  2. A Christmas Carol

    I wish to be left alone—when does self-preservation become the refusal to help?
    Charles Dickens

  3. A Christmas Carol

    He walked with eyes downturned and missed the guiding star — what did his blindness cost the poor homes he passed?
    Charles Dickens

  4. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

    Had I the right to doom future generations to a race of devils for the sake of my own peace?
    Mary Shelley

  5. Pride and Prejudice

    My reasons for marrying: duty, happiness, and because Lady Catherine insists I must.
    Jane Austen

  6. The Republic

    Odysseus, last to choose, hunted until he found a life with no cares—why would the craftiest man prefer oblivion?
    Plato

  7. The Republic

    Seeing truth isn't about gaining sight but turning the eye back toward what it already has—what art can do that?
    Plato

  8. Jane Eyre

    Jealousy's sting is salutary—so I refused to charm the snake that bit him.
    Charlotte Brontë

  9. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

    A door I had no key for, a veil I could not pass—there was talk of 'me and thee' and then, suddenly, silence.
    Omar Khayyam (Ghiyāth al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī)

  10. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

    Books filled me with rapture and despair; Werter made me weep for a death I could not explain.
    Mary Shelley

  11. The Republic

    Where is justice in a city made habitable? Light a candle, call friends, and let's see what hides in plain sight.
    Plato

  12. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    She imagined herself grown, still keeping the simple, loving heart of childhood—how will she pass it on?
    Lewis Carroll

  13. Pride and Prejudice

    He set out to show civility—and half an hour later other wishes had arrived.
    Jane Austen

  14. Jane Eyre

    Sombre clouds and penetrating rain closed off the garden—there would be no walk today.
    Charlotte Brontë

  15. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    A cry of joy breaks the silence—someone in the thicket is recognized in a way that changes everything.
    Oscar Wilde