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“She squinted her eyes, as if somewhere between her open and closed eyelids lived the images from so many years ago, as though she'd be able to see herself, if only she could get the gaps between her lashes just right.”

Book:The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

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“She could have shot herself, scratched herself, or indulged in other forms of self mutilation, but she chose what she probably felt was the weakest option-to at least endure the discomfort of the weather." "The minutes were cruel. Hours were punishing. Standing above him at all moments of awakeness was the hand of time, and it didn't hesitate to wring him out. It smiled and squeezed and let him live. What great malice there could be in allowing someone to live." "And I stop listening to me, because to put it bluntly, i tire me. When I start thinking like that, I become so exhausted, and I don't have the luxury of indulging fatigue. I am compelled to continue on, because although it's not true for every person on earth, it's true for the vast majority-that death waits for no man-and if he does, he doesn't usually wait very long." "Please believe me when I say I picked up each soul that day as if it were newly born. I even kissed a few weary, poisoned cheeks. I listened to their last, gasping cries. Their vanishing words. I watched their love visions and freed them from their fear.”

Beautiful Death Existential

Book:The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“And just like that the world collapses again. My father, a closet astronomer, has tried to explain black holes to me, how they are so heavy they absorb everything, even light, right into their center. Moments like this are the same kind of vacuum; no matter what you cling to, you wind up being sucked in.”

Beautiful

Book:My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

“The more independent Sarah had inherited some of her father’s toughness and seemed better able to cope with being a Churchill. Funny, beautiful and at ease with the rich and famous around her.”

Funny Beautiful Rich Tough Independent Famous

Book:Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill

Source: Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill

“La nuit était tombée, sans qu'il pût savoir si c'était en lui ou dans la chambre : tout était nuit. La nuit aussi bougeait : les ténèbres s'écartaient pour faire place à d'autres, abîme sur abîme, épaisseur sombre sur épaisseur sombre.”

Beautiful Death Night

Author:Yourcenar Marguerite

“And he led me up the stairs to the attic, where his homemade observatory let us mere mortals glimpse at the heavens.”

Beautiful

Book:The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

Source: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

“Is this coldhearted man the one who will lead us through this war, our general, our white knight? Before we can even backpedal with explanations, Dr. Chance takes a Sharpie marker and draws a face on the latex, complete with a set of wire-rimmed glasses to match his own. "There," he says, and with a smile that changes him, hands it back to Kate.”

Beautiful Description

Book:My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

“I'm sure I'm worth a lot more dead than alive--the sum of the parts equals more than the whole. I wonder who might wind up walking around with my liver, my lungs, even my eyeballs. I wonder what poor asshole would get stuck with whatever it is in me that passes for a heart.”

Beautiful

Book:My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

“Every second, another streak of silver glows, parentheses, exclamation points, commas, a whole grammar made of light, for words too hard to speak.”

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Book:My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

“Always surround yourself with people who care about you as a person, because those are the ones who will encourage you to attain success. They will support you when you need a helping hand. They will encourage you when you need improvement. They will advise you when you need guidance, and they will celebrate with you for your achievements.”

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Book:The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success

Source: The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success

“God’s plans always flourish more beautifully than ours”

Beautiful Future God S Will Flourish God S Plans

Book:I Grew Up Little: Finding Hope in a Big God

Source: I Grew Up Little: Finding Hope in a Big God

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