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“You are a coward,' she said, and with that one word wrote a denunciation, a biography, and a prophecy.”

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Anthony Marra is an American writer born in 1984. His works are known for their delicate emotions and profound themes, particularly for his skill in depicting the conflicts and complexities of human emotions in the Middle East. more

“The snow drifted down and down, all in ghostly silence, and lay thick and unbroken on the ground. It was a place of whites and blacks and greys. White towers and white snow and white statues, black shadows and black trees, the dark grey sky above. A pure world, Sansa thought. I do not belong here. Yet she stepped out all the same.”

World Black Dark White Silence Tree Sky Pure Shadow Down And Lays Snow Thick Towers Grey Statues Unbroken Grey Skies

Author:George R. R. Martin

“Each prayer is like a seed that gets planted in the ground. It disappears for a season, but it eventually bears fruit that blesses future generations. In fact, our prayers bear fruit forever.”

Facts Prayer Forever Generations Bears Seasons Fruit Seeds Disappear Bless Future Generation Our Prayers

Book:Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge

Source: Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge

“The sea is calm tonight. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits;- on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.”

Light Lying Gone Sea Moon Fairs England Calm Tonight Tides Coast Cliffs Tranquil Gleam Dover

Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)

“Start taking bad decisions and it will take you to a place where others only dream of being.”

Dream Decision Bad Decision

Author:Paul Arden

“This is what happens when nice people are pushed too far. We give too many chances, and so when we've finally had enough, we are well and truly done. When a nice person shuts a door on you, it's shut for good.”

People Giving Wells Persons Done Enough Happens Chance Nice Doors Had Enough Nice People Niceness Nice Person

Book:He's Gone: A Novel

Source: He's Gone: A Novel

“How easy it was to lie to strangers, to create with strangers the versions of our lives we imagined.”

Lying Easy Our Lives Stranger Versions

Book:Americanah

Source: Americanah

“Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in actuality, it can be a terrifying thing.”

Country Moving Notion Things To Do Vague Actuality

Author:Nick Cave

“And maybe that was how it was supposed to be...Joy and sadness were part of the package; the trick, perhaps,was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly.”

Feels Littles Joy Sadness Tricks Supposed To Be Packages Joy And Sadness

Author:Kristin Hannah

“The present rearranges the past. We never tell the story whole because a life isn't a story; it's a whole Milky Way of events and we are forever picking out constellations from it to fit who and where we are.”

Way Whole Stories Past Forever Events Fit Constellations Milky Way

Book:The Faraway Nearby

Source: The Faraway Nearby

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