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“the best lies to tell are the ones people want to believe”

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Jasper Fforde is a British novelist known for his unique sense of humor and his skillful blending of reality and fantasy. His works are characterized by complex narrative structures and rich imagination, which have won him a wide readership. more

“...What is the use of beauty? i have lived my life surrounded by painters, and still I do not know the answer. But i suspect, some days, that beauty helps protect the spirit of mankind, swaddle it and succor it, so that we might survive. Beauty is no end in itself, but if it makes or lives less miserable so that we might be more kind-well, then, lets have beauty, painted on our porcelain, hanging on our walls, ringing through our stories.”

Ifs Knows Wells Kind Stills Ends Helping Stories Use Might Spirit Answers Mankind Wall Protect Painter Miserable Suspects Hanging On Porcelain

Author:Gregory Maguire

“The thing about new things is you feel new when you buy them, you feel as though you are somebody different because you own something different. We are our possessions, you know. There are people who get addicted to buying new stuff. Things. Piles and piles of things. But the new things become old things so quickly. We need new things to replace the old things.”

People Knows Needs Feels Different Stuff Possession Buying New Things Old Things New Stuff

Book:Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

“I hate the term 'rom-com.'”

Hate Term I Hate

Author:Sandra Bullock

“We don't need as much as we have. Hardly any of us need as much money as we have. It's true what they say about the best things in life being free.”

Needs Best Things Things In Life Being Free Best Things In Life

Book:Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Source: Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

“Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.”

Philosophy Taught Application Monte Cristo

Book:The Count of Monte Cristo

Source: The Count of Monte Cristo

“I sighed and stared off without any particular focus. "I miss him so much." "I'm sorry," she said. "Will it ever get better?" The question seemed to catch her by surprise. "I...I don't know.”

Knows Said Focus Missing Particular Surprise Sorry Get Better I'm Sorry Blood Promise

Book:Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

“The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine times out of a trillion it is much simpler and more effective just to take the thing away and do without it.”

Millions Technology Involved Thousand Hundred Complexes Billions Nine Invisible Ninety Ninety Nine

Book:The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels in One Outrageous Volume

Source: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels in One Outrageous Volume

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