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“It'll be all right." Julia's gentleness makes it worse. "In the end, Jace." "It doesn't feel very all right." "That's because it's not the end.”

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David Mitchell

David Mitchell is a British novelist known for his unique narrative techniques and profound humanistic concerns. His works often blend humor, satire, and philosophical thinking, winning him a wide audience. more

“[T]he truth is that fullness of soul can sometimes overflow in utter vapidity of language, for none of us can ever express the exact measure of his needs or his thoughts or his sorrows; and human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”

Needs Humans Long Soul Sometimes Language Stars Bears Sorrow Truth Is Speech Rhythm Fullness Crude Cracked Overflow Kettles

Author:Gustave Flaubert

“If you were a god, how would you like being called a myth, an old story to explain lightning? What if I told you, Perseus Jackson, that someday people would call you a myth, just created to explain how little boys can get over losing their mothers?”

People Ifs Littles Stories Mother Boys Losing Myth Someday What If Lightning Get Over Little Boys Perseus

Book:The lightning thief

Source: The lightning thief

“Sure, sis!' Then he raised his hands in a stop everything gesture. 'I feel a haiku coming on.”

Feels Hands Raised Gestures Haiku

Book:The Titan's curse

Source: The Titan's curse

“Together we made our way down to the street level. Neither of us said a word. The music was awful--Neil Diamond or something. I should've made that part of my gift form the gods: better elevator tunes.”

Way Should Made Said Together Form Levels Streets Awful Tunes Diamond Elevators

Author:Rick Riordan

“I know that look. What are you up to, Gwen?" "What makes you think I'm up to something?" The Valkyrie snorted. "You're breathing, aren't you?”

Thinking Knows Looks Breathing Make You Think

Author:Jennifer Estep

“But, in truth, it had not exactly been gold, or even the promise of gold, but more like the fantasy of gold, the fairy dream that the gold is there, at the end of the rainbow, and will continue to be there forever - provided, naturally, that you don't go and look. This is known as finance.”

Looks Ends Dream Known Fantasy Forever Promise Gold Finance Fairy Rainbow

Author:Terry Pratchett

“And to understand how love unfolds, you must understand how Elyon loves.”

Book:Complete Circle Series: Hardcover Box Set: Box Set

Source: Complete Circle Series: Hardcover Box Set: Box Set

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