I already like this more than North & South.

[hatfullofstars]

"If you think, from this prelude, that anything like a romance is preparing for you, reader, you never were more mistaken. Do you anticipate sentiment, and poetry, and reverie? Do you expect passion, and stimulus, and melodrama? Calm your expectations; reduce them to a lowly standard. Something real, cool, and solid, lies before you; something

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[swankyfunk]

Calm your expectations; reduce them to a lowly standard.

Oh man. I need this on a t-shirt.

I didn't notice this book before but obviously I have to check it out.

[hatfullofstars]

IThat line'd make a great sampler, too.