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“Can't we sleep ten minutes more? I was having a lovely dream about sneezing without covering my mouth, and giving everybody germs.”

Quote by Daniel Handler

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Daniel Handler, born on February 28, 1970, is an accomplished American author known for his unique literary style and thought-provoking themes. His works have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

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“Every night I give a violin recital for six hours, and attendance is mandatory. The word 'mandatory' means that if you don't show up, you have to buy me a large bag of candy and watch me eat it.”

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Author:Daniel Handler

“Sanchez looked at me and we locked eyes a second too long. There was nothing I could do about it. The signal went out. A moment of clear, silent hostility passed between us as hotly charged and unintentional as a thousand-volt arc through a squirrel.”

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Book:The Last King of Texas

Source: The Last King of Texas

“Being good felt like a heavy coat, so I took it off.”

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Source: Habibi

“I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's not going to happen”

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“The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.”

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Book:A Room with a View

Source: A Room with a View

“Heaven opened and the water hammered down, reviving the reluctant old well, greenmossing the pigless pigsty, carpet bombing still, tea-colored puddles the way memory bombs still, tea-colored minds.”

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Author:Arundhati Roy

“A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.”

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Author:Pam Brown

“Hopeless heart that thrives on paradox; that longs for the beloved and is secretly relieved when the beloved is not there.”

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Author:Jeanette Winterson

“It may be that you are settled in another place it may be that you are happy but the one who took your heart wields final power.”

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Book:The Passion

Source: The Passion

“It is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so much longer than the memory of the life that it purloined. Over the years, as the memory of Sophie Mol ... slowly faded, the Loss of Sophie Mol grew robust and alive. It was always there. Like a fruit in season. Every season. As permanent as a government job.”

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Book:The God of Small Things

Source: The God of Small Things