ben's Quotes - OpenMarginalia

It filled me with fear, and yet I longed to be nearer to it and to look upon its deadly work.

If he was dead, I thought, I would see the reflection of candles on the darkened blind

There was no hope for him this time: it was the third stroke.

and come a stove boat and stove body when they will, for stave my soul, Jove himself cannot.

come a stove boat and stove body when they will, for stave my soul, Jove himself cannot.

She was passionately fond of reading. She was not fond of talking.