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“There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers but it is the sins of the mothers that are the most difficult to avoid repeating.”

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Melanie Benjamin

Melanie Benjamin is an American author renowned for her historical novels. Her works often tell historical events from a female perspective, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“I moistened my lips. His gaze fixed on them. I think I stopped breathing. He jerked so sharply away that his long dark coat sliced air, and turned his back to me. “Was that an invitation, Ms.Lane?” “If it was?” I asked, astonishing myself. What did I think I was doing? “I don’t do hypotheticals. Little girl.”

Ifs Thinking Littles Long Girl Dark Air Lips Breathing Fixed Coats Invitations Astonishing Lanes

Book:The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned

Source: The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned

“We're never ready for the things that happen. When the big stuff happens, we're always looking in the other direction.”

Bigs Happens Stuff Ready Stuff Happens Big Stuff

Book:Lift: An inspirational letter of love from a mother to her children

Source: Lift: An inspirational letter of love from a mother to her children

“Tolerance is love sick with the sickness of haughtiness.”

Sick Tolerance Sickness Haughtiness Love Sick

Book:The New Frontier and Sand and Foam

Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam

“when you [lose someone], it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all nerves are still a little raw”

Feels Littles Stills Fall Loses Empty Tongue Holes Teeth Plenty Keep Going Nerves Gum Empty Places

Book:House Rules: A Novel

Source: House Rules: A Novel

“As for enlightenment, that's just for people who can't face reality.”

People Reality Faces Enlightenment

Book:Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip through Death, Sex, Divorce, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the True Dharma

Source: Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip through Death, Sex, Divorce, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the True Dharma

“In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.”

Self Eye Spiritual Self Esteem Humility Ego Esteem Contradictory True Humility

Book:A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

“This principle of nature being very remote from the conceptions of Philosophers, I forbore to describe it in that book, least I should be accounted an extravagant freak and so prejudice my Readers against all those things which were the main designe of the book.”

Should Book Principles Reader Prejudice Philosopher Conception Freak Extravagant

Author:Isaac Newton

“Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Pull all your eggs in the one basket and - WATCH THAT BASKET." - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar”

Men Matter Humor Funny Money Attention Watches Wise Fool Eggs Baskets Calendars Wilson Eggs In One Basket

Author:Mark Twain

“Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not alone.”

Ifs Knows Love Hurt Losing Lost Love Not Alone Teenage Love Hurt So Much

Author:C. S. Lewis

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