“We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.”
Rudyard Kipling book The Light That Failed
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The Light That Failed is a novel by the Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling that was first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine dated January 1891. Most of the novel is set in London, but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan and Port Said. It follows the life of Dick Heldar, an artist and painter who goes blind, and his unrequited love for his childhood playmate, Maisie.
“How can you do anything until you have seen everything, or as much as you can?”
Rudyard Kipling book The Light That Failed
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“God help us for we knew the worst too young.”
Rudyard Kipling book The Light That Failed
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“I have my own matches and sulphur, and I'll make my own hell.”
Rudyard Kipling book The Light That Failed
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“You must learn to forgive a man when he's in love. He's always a nuisance.”
Rudyard Kipling book The Light That Failed
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