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“when however small a measure of jealousy is mixed with misunderstanding, there is always going to be trouble.”

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John Irving is an American novelist known for his intricate narrative structures and profound character development. His works often explore themes of family, love, morality, and identity, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“What did you put in the fire?" Kaladin said. "To make that special smoke?" "Nothing. It was just and ordinary fire." "But, I saw-" "What you saw belongs to you. A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind." "What does the story mean, then?" "It means what you want it to mean," Hoid said. "The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think , but to give you questions to think upon. Too often, we forget that.”

Thinking Want Giving Mind Mean Doe Said Stories Purpose Forget Fire Saws Special Ordinary What You Want Smoke Storyteller

Book:Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians)

Source: Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians)

“I love solitude, but I prize it most when plenty of company is available.”

Inspirational Company Solitude Available Prize

Author:Saul Bellow

“Why are you sad, Dorian?" He couldn't lie to her. "The leopard wants you to see it.”

Want Lying Leopards

Book:Hostage to Pleasure

Source: Hostage to Pleasure

“I feel certain that I'm going mad again, I feel we can't go thru another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices”

Feels Certain Voice Terrible Suicide Mad Suicide Note Terrible Times

Author:Virginia Woolf

“When all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one.”

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Book:The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography

Source: The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography

“Arby's: If I was about to be killed, I would eat it.”

Ifs

Author:Stephen Colbert

“Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.”

Absolutes Seriousness

Book:Letters and Papers from Prison

Source: Letters and Papers from Prison

“Being a Christan is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will.”

Sin Gods Will Avoiding Discipleship

Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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