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Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

“I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are.”

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American writer, born on November 29, 1918, and died on September 6, 2007. Madeleine L'Engle is renowned for her science fiction and fantasy novels, with her most famous work being 'A Wrinkle in Time'. more

“And what made these heart-to-hearts possible--you might even say what made the whole friendship possible during that time--was this understanding we had that anything we told each other during these moments would be treated with careful respect: that we'd honor confidences, and that no matter how much we rowed, we wouldn't use against each other anything we'd talked about during those sessions.”

Heart Made Matter Whole Moments Use Might Would Be Understanding Honor Careful Treated Session

Book:Never Let Me Go

Source: Never Let Me Go

“Only three things are infinite. The sky in its stars, the sea in its drops of water, and the heart in its tears.”

Heart Three Stars Water Sea Sky Tears Infinite Memorable Unrequited Love Three Things Unrequited Drop Of Water

Book:The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857

Source: The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857

“I am the escaped one, After I was born They locked me up inside me But I left. My soul seeks me, Through hills and valley, I hope my soul Never finds me.”

Soul Left Born My Soul Hills Valleys Locked Find Me Hills And Valleys

Author:Fernando Pessoa

“When you are philosophizing you have to descend into primeval chaos and feel at home there.”

Feels Home Chaos Primeval

Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

“He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable.”

Darkness Midst Fascination Abomination

Book:Heart of Darkness

Source: Heart of Darkness

“Q: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer.”

Knows Night Answers Quiet Thee Introspection Enigma

Author:Vera Nazarian

“You can't be beautiful," Brandy says about a thousand times, "until you feel beautiful.”

Feels Beautiful Thousand Brandy Feeling Beautiful

Book:Invisible Monsters: A Novel

Source: Invisible Monsters: A Novel

“Look, Mother, I am never going to be thin. I'm Norwegian. If you wanted a thin daughter, you should not have married a man whose female ancestors carried cows home from the pasture”

Ifs Men Should Looks Home Wanted Mother Married Daughter Female Ancestor Cows Pastures Norwegians

Book:Bet Me

Source: Bet Me

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