![]() ![]() ![]() Memorable and interesting quotes from great books. The Dreamer Wakes by Cao Xueqin About BookQuotersīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, He was aware, too, of his own delicately coloured lights casting their softness behind him.” Gerald could see, not far ahead, the rich blue and the rose globes of Ursula’s lanterns swaying softly cheek to cheek as Birkin rowed, and iridescent, evanescent gleams chasing in the wake. Then the lovely darkness fell again, the lanterns and the little threaded lights glimmered softly, there was a muffled knocking of oars and a waving of music. In the distance, the steamer twanged and thrummed and washed with her faintly–splashing paddles, trailing her strings of coloured lights, and occasionally lighting up the whole scene luridly with an effusion of fireworks, Roman candles and sheafs of stars and other simple effects, illuminating the surface of the water, and showing the boats creeping round, low down. “A dozen or more boats on the lake swung their rosy and moon–like lanterns low on the water, that reflected as from a fire. ![]()
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