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The Fortunate Only

Book by R.J. Lawrence · 10 quotes · Prose, Wisdom, Wisdom Quotes

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“On one side of the room, a middle-aged couple filled the boxes of a newspaper crossword puzzle, their faces lit with broad smiles, their demeanors odd to all but themselves.”

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“A smile leaked from behind the boy’s somber face, and then the thing withered like a little flower growing someplace infirm.”

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“What fools are those who spend their time constructing defenses against things there are no defenses for.”

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“She sat at the little table, her expression like that of a child digesting failed plans.”

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“Youth and patience are foreign to one another.”

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“The sun had set, but a faint pastel haze lingered in the mid-summer sky.”

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“He kissed her somber lips and said goodbye, and then he shut the door in her beautiful face against whatever sanity still nested in his mind.”

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“He looked like a thing broken loose from a bedtime story, something unreal ... The giant watched her from above with a bizarre contemplation, his head tilted acrook, as if he'd snared some exquisite fairy from a storybook tale his own.”

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“It's easier to be wise for others than for yourself.”

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“The boy raised the can to his nose and smelled, his lips wrinkling back as if he'd caught the business end of a skunk.”

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