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“Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind of the man next to him first.”

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Megan Whalen Turner, born in 1965, is a renowned American children's literature writer. Her works are known for their intricate plots and profound character development, which have won her widespread acclaim. more

“When the cold comes to New England it arrives in sheets of sleet and ice. In December, the wind wraps itself around bare trees and twists in between husbands and wives asleep in their beds. It shakes the shingles from the roofs and sifts through cracks in the plaster. The only green things left are the holly bushes and the old boxwood hedges in the village, and these are often painted white with snow. Chipmunks and weasels come to nest in basements and barns; owls find their way into attics. At night,the dark is blue and bluer still, as sapphire of night.”

Source: Here On Earth

“How quick and rushing life can sometimes seem, when at the same time it's so slow and sweet and everlasting.”

Sometimes Seems Sweet Everlasting Rushing

Book:Tomorrow

Source: Tomorrow

“As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didn't exist.”

Men World Life Believe Real Stories Girl Childhood Ideals Real World Knights Message In A Bottle Ideal Man Letter In A Bottle

Book:Message in a Bottle

Source: Message in a Bottle

““And I,” declared the SawHorse, filling in an awkward pause, “am only remarkable because I can't help it.””

I Can Helping Remarkable Awkward Pauses Filling Because I Can

Author:L. Frank Baum

“If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was worse than finding out in the first place. Because if you were wrong, you could go forward in your life without ever looking back over your shoulder and wondering what might have been.”

Ifs Knows Way Firsts Has Beens Feelings Might Happens Wonder Regret Findings Shoulders Looking Back Ignored Might Have Been Message In A Bottle Letter In A Bottle

Author:Nicholas Sparks

“I would not be you for a kingdom.' The remark was too naïve to rouse anger; I merely said - 'Very good.' 'And what would you give to be ME?' she inquired. 'Not a bad sixpence - strange as it may sound', I replied. 'You are but a poor creature.' 'You don't think so in your heart.' 'No; for in my heart you have not the outline of a place: I only occasionally turn you over in my brain.”

Thinking Giving Heart May Said Turns Sound Poor Brain Strange My Heart Creatures Very Good Kingdoms Be You Remarks Outlines

Author:Charlotte Bronte

“Each new thing he encountered in life impelled him in a direction that fully convinced him of its rightness, but then the next new thing loomed up and impelled him in the opposite direction, which also felt right. There was no controlling narrative: he seemed to himself a purely reactive pinball in a game whose only object was to stay alive for staying alive's sake.”

Next Games Felt Alive Objects Opposites Sake Convinced Narrative Staying New Things Staying Alive Pinball

Author:Jonathan Franzen

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