# onthisday

“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.”

Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816

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“Spring drew on...and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.”

Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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2022-03-14

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

Christina Rossetti❄️#ReadMoreWomen

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2021-12-20

“Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?”

Shirley Jackson was born in 1916

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2021-12-14

“That’s why we become witches: to show our scorn of pretending life’s a safe business, to satisfy our passion for adventure.”

Sylvia Townsend Warner was born in 1893

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2021-12-06

"Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling - I can so well remember it. There was always something more - behind and beyond everything - to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big."

Kate Greenaway

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2021-11-08

Since it's nearly Halloween, who is your favourite literary witch? 🔮

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2021-10-30

"Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter."

Writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist, Beatrix Potter was born in 1866

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2021-07-28

"There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world."

English novelist and poet, Anne Brontë died in 1849

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2021-05-29

Like such a blind and senseless tree 
As I’ve imagined this to be, 
   All envious persons are: 
With care and culture all may find 
Some pretty flower in their own mind, 
   Some talent that is rare.

English writer, Mary Lamb died in 1847

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2021-05-20

"Things are so beautiful and wonderful, you feel there must be another life where you will see more - hear more - and know more."

Victorian artist and writer, Kate Greenaway was born in 1846

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2021-03-17

"There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world."

Anne Brontë was born 1820

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2021-01-17

What's your favourite wintery tale? ❄️

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2020-12-19

"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."

English novelist, Jane Austen was born in 1775

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2020-12-16

"Things are so beautiful and wonderful, you feel there must be another life where you will see more - hear more - and know more."

Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations, Kate Greenaway was born in 1846

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2020-03-17

Spring
In grace of smell.
    Spring
In love's grace.

    Sleep unveiled,
    Rare sensation
What bee has been entered
    In my heart?

Uruguayan poet, Juana Fernandez de Ibarbourou was born in 1892

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2020-03-08

"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."

American author, Louisa May Alcott died in 1888

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2020-03-06

Swedish poet and novelist, Rut Hillarp died in 2003

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2019-11-11

English Victorian artist and writer, Kate Greenaway died in 1901

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2019-11-08

“Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we report to work.”

- Elizabeth Taylor

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2019-07-28