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“Time to plant tears, says the almanac. The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.”

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Elizabeth Bishop

American poet known for her unique poetic style and profound insights into life. Elizabeth Bishop's works are renowned for their concise, straightforward language and rich emotional expression. more

“In short, Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recongize her relations as an individual to the world within and about her. This may seem like a ponderous weight of wisdom to descend upon the soul of a young woman of twenty-eight - perhaps more wisdom than the Holy Ghost is usually pleased to vouchsafe to any woman.”

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Book:The Awakening

Source: The Awakening

“There's a fine line between thinking about somebody and thinking about not thinking about somebody, but I have the patience and the self-control to walk that line for hours - days, if I have to.”

Ifs Thinking Self Hours Lines Walks Fine Self Control Fine Lines

Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad

Source: A Visit From the Goon Squad

“'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.”

Book Literature Names Pleasant Print

Author:Lord Byron

“Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then inquire.”

Ifs Men Way Believe Soul Truth Wish Strive Divides Disciple Peace Of Soul

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“The whole framework of the presidency is getting out of hand. It's come to the point where you almost can't run unless you can cause people to salivate and whip each other with big sticks. You almost have to be a rock star to get the kind of fever you need to survive in American politics.”

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Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“Soon is not as good as now.”

Time Management

Author:Seth Godin

“Sacrifice is never easy or it is no true sacrifice. - Stannis”

Easy Sacrifice Stannis

Author:George R. R. Martin

“You don't understand,' she said, and there was a puzzling trace of resentment in her voice. 'Children never do. The love a parent has for a child, there's nothing else like it. No other love so consuming.”

Children Said Parent Voice Resentment Consuming Puzzling

Author:Cassandra Clare

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