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“My grandmother used to say that twisting paths always cross again," he told her. "And whose paths are more twisted than ours?”

Book:Downsiders

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Downsiders

This book delves into the complex lives of characters who face discrimination and adversity, offering a poignant look at the human condition and the resilience of the human spirit. more

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Neal Shusterman

Neal Shusterman is an acclaimed American author born on November 12, 1962. Known for his profound themes and imaginative storytelling, his works span across genres such as science fiction, fantasy, and young adult literature. more

“Mom put dense cheddar bread into a bag for a man who said this was his wife's favorite - he'd driven all the way from New Jersey to buy it because today was their anniversary. Several women in the store jabbed their husbands on hearing this. I hung my head - Peter Terris wouldn't cross the street to buy me a Twinkie.”

Men Way Said Today Wife Streets Mom Husband Crosses Hearing Driven Stores Bread Bags Peter Hung Jersey New Jersey Dense Cheddar

Book:Thwonk

Source: Thwonk

“I don't do normal. I have a reputation to uphold. (Thwonk)”

Normal Reputation

Book:Thwonk

Source: Thwonk

“I said: I must remember this, being small.”

Said Remember

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to live them first.”

Knows Writing Firsts Long

Book:A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW

Source: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW

“And that's where the whole trouble is. We're too much alike to understand each other because we don't even understand our own selves.”

Self Whole Too Much Trouble

Book:A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Source: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“We and the world, my children, will always be at war. Retreat is impossible. Arm yourselves.”

World Children War Impossible Arms My Children Retreat

Book:Peace Like a River

Source: Peace Like a River

“Be careful whom you choose to hate. The small and the vulnerable own a protection great enough, if you could but see it, to melt you into jelly. Beware those who reside beneath the shadow of the Wings.”

Ifs Enough Hate Shadow Wings Careful Protection Vulnerable Be Careful You Choose Jelly

Book:Peace Like a River

Source: Peace Like a River

“He was consious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares, long, long, forgotten.”

Long Care Joy Air Thousand Forgotten Connected Floating Christmas Carol

Book:Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…

Source: Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…

“Marley was dead, to begin with ... This must be distintly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.”

Stories Wonderful Understood Relate Marley

Author:Charles Dickens

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