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“The Wars is a great book, rich in its images, its language, its construction, and, ultimately, its conception.”

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Guy Vanderhaeghe is a Canadian novelist known for his profound portrayal of the life in the Prairie Provinces. His works often explore themes of family, history, and identity, earning him acclaim from both readers and critics. more

“First, we are born in the same galaxy. Born of the same species. Our lifetimes overlap. The meetings between humans are so unlikely as to be miraculous. To laugh, to cry, and to fall in love. Everyone is made up of a collection of 1% chances. Thus, I am dazzled by the fact that there are so many miracles in this world.”

World Firsts Humans Made Facts Fall Born Chance Laughing Our Lives Cry This World Falling In Love Galaxy Unlikely Lap Life Time

Author:Hikaru Nakamura

“The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.”

World Shows Wish College Enthusiasm Get Back

Author:Francis Ford Coppola

“The hardest thing to open is a closed mind.”

Mind Hardest Hardest Thing Closed Mind

Author:Ahmed Kathrada

“Never plan a picnic' Father said. 'Plan a dinner, yes, or a house, or a budget, or an appointment with the dentist, but never, never plan a picnic.”

Said Father House Plans Dinner Budgets Appointments Dentist Picnics

Book:The Four-Story Mistake

Source: The Four-Story Mistake

“Grownups! Everyone remembers them. How strange and even sad it is that we never became what they were: beings noble, infallible, and free. We never became them. One of the things we discover as we live is that we never become anything different from what we are. We are no less ourselves at forty than we were at four, and because of this we know grownups as Grownups only once in life: during our own childhood. We never meet them in our lives again, and we will miss them always.”

Knows Different Remember Four Our Lives Childhood Missing Strange Noble Forty Infallible Grownups

Author:Elizabeth Enright

“If at first you don't fricassee, Fry, fry a hen!”

Ifs Firsts Hens

Book:Caddie Woodlawn

Source: Caddie Woodlawn

“She is never alone when she has Her Books. Books, to her, are Friends. Give her Shakespeare or Jane Austen, Meredith or Hardy, and she is Lost - lost in a world of her own. She sleeps so little that most of her nights are spent reading.”

World Giving Littles Book Night Reading Lost Sleep Jane Hardy Austen

Book:Diary of a Provincial Lady

Source: Diary of a Provincial Lady

“Family is everything. It is even more important than baseball.”

Important Baseball Pitching Family Is Everything

Author:Luis Tiant

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