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Quote by William Saroyan

“Live, for this is the time of your life.”

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William Saroyan was an American playwright and novelist known for his humorous and satirical style. His works often explored social and human issues from the perspective of Armenian-American individuals. more

“When I left Merle was wearing a bungalow apron and rolling pie crust. She came to the door wiping her hands on the apron and kissed me on the mouth and began to cry and ran back into the house, leaving the doorway empty [...] I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very good and I had lost it and would never remember it again. (p. 262)”

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Book:Stories and Early Novels

Source: Stories and Early Novels

“It is an amazing thing to watch people laugh, the way it sort of takes them over. Sometimes they really do struggle with it . . . so I wonder what it is and where it comes from, and I wonder what it expends out of your system, so that you have to do it till you're done, like crying in a way, I suppose, except that laughter is much more easily spent.”

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Book:Gilead: A Novel

Source: Gilead: A Novel

“My mom is part albino.”

Mom My Mom

Author:Stephenie Meyer

“God will reward you,' he said. 'You must be an angel since you care for flowers.”

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Book:Les Misérables

Source: Les Misérables

“Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.”

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Book:The phantom tollbooth

Source: The phantom tollbooth

“I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.”

“Where is the sound?" someone hastily scribbled on the blackboard, and they all waited anxiously for the reply. Milo caught his breath, picked up the chalk, and explained simply, "It's on the tip of my tongue.”

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Book:The phantom tollbooth

Source: The phantom tollbooth

“Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.”

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Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“What would it mean in practice to eliminate all the 'negative people' from one's life [as demanded by motivational speaker J.P. Maroney]? It might be a good idea to separate from a chronically carping spouse, but it is not so easy to abandon the whiny toddler, the colicky infant, or the sullen teenager.”

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Author:Barbara Ehrenreich

“Solitude, I reflected, is the one deep necessity of the human spirit to which adequate recognition is never given in our codes. It is looked upon as a discipline or penance, but hardly ever as the indispensable, pleasant ingredient it is to ordinary life, and from this want of recognition come half our domestic troubles.”

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Author:Freya Stark

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