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“As the future ripens in the past, so the past rots in the future -- a terrible festival of dead leaves.”

Book:Избранные Стихи

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Избранные Стихи

This book compiles a selection of poems, showcasing the author's poetic works. more

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Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova (June 23, 1889 – March 5, 1966) was one of the most prominent Russian poets of the 20th century. Known for her profound emotions and exquisite artistic skills, she is often referred to as the 'nightingale of Russian poetry'. more

“Butch hesitated. "Annabeth's okay. You gotta cut her some slack. She had a vision telling her to come here, to find a guy with one shoe. That was supposed to be the answer to her problem." "What Problem?" Piper asked. "She's been looking for one of our campers, who's been missing three days," Butch said. "She's going out of her mind with worry. She hoped he'd be here." "Who?" Jason asked. "Her boyfriend," Butch said, "A guy named Percy Jackson.”

Mind Said Problem Guy Three Answers Vision Worry Cutting Missing Okay Shoes Supposed To Be Going Out Jason Annabeth Annabeth Chase Pipers Campers Lost Hero

Author:Rick Riordan

“being afraid to take chances is scarier than actually doing things that challenge you.”

Challenges Chance Take A Chance Chances Are Being Afraid

Book:Leaving Paradise

Source: Leaving Paradise

“Awwww, lame, we're not going to disneyworld. (said by the amazing talking dog, Total)”

Said Talking Dog Lame

Author:James Patterson

“If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.”

Ifs Knows Action Results Knowing Consequence Endless Useless Strings Smallest I Hate You Alaska Looking For Alaska Book Knowing Better

Book:Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition

Source: Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition

“Something settiled inside me, something heavy and hard. It stayed there, and i could not think of one thing to make it go away. I thought, So this must be living, this must be the beginning of the time people later refer to as 'years ago, when I was young'.”

People Thinking Years Hard Young One Thing Years Ago Heavy Going Away

Book:Lucy: A Novel

Source: Lucy: A Novel

“One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is true - they were successful because they imposed chaos on order. They tore up the commandments, they denied the super-ego, what you will. They said, "You may persecute the minority, you may kill, you may torture, you may couple and breed without love." They offered humanity all its great temptations. Nothing is true, everything is permitted.”

Source: The Magus

“I had been a girl of whom certain things were expected, none of them too bad: a career as a nurse, for example; a sense of duty to my parents; obedience to the law and worship of convention. But in one year of being away from home, that girl had gone out of existence.”

Years Home Law Certain Girl Parent Existence Careers Gone Example Duty Worship Expected Obedience Nurse Conventions That Girl Away From Home

Book:Lucy: A Novel

Source: Lucy: A Novel

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