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“Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot. Everyone knows the peels are the best part.”

Book:The One and Only Ivan

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The One and Only Ivan

The One and Only Ivan is a poignant tale about the life of a gorilla named Ivan, who has spent his entire life in a shopping mall. This book explores themes of friendship, freedom, and the human-animal bond through Ivan's unique perspective. more

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Katherine Applegate

Katherine Applegate is an American author renowned for her children's literature. Born in July 1956, she is praised for her unique narrative style and profound insights into social issues. more

“Disgust relies on moral obtuseness. It is possible to view another human being as a slimy slug or a piece of revolting trash only if one has never made a serious good-faith attempt to see the world through that person’s eyes or to experience that person’s feelings. Disgust imputes to the other a subhuman nature. How, by contrast, do we ever become able to see one another as human? Only through the exercise of imagination.”

Source: From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law

“I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy.”

Cutting Passing Passings Fancy Infatuation Infatuated

Book:The Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath

“I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.”

Knows Heart Politics Crazy My Heart Forgiving Committed Lust Patriotic God Knows Adultery Forgive Me Committing Adultery

Author:Jimmy Carter

“The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek.”

Beautiful Adventure Travel

Book:The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, Short Stories, Poems, Plays, Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Letters and Essays (Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, containing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Catriona and A Child's Garden of Verses

Source: The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, Short Stories, Poems, Plays, Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Letters and Essays (Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, containing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Catriona and A Child's Garden of Verses

“In Rome, I really wanted an Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday experience, but the Trevi Fountain was crowded, there was a McDonald's at the base of the Spanish Steps, and the ruins smelled like cat pee because of all the strays. The same thing happened in Prague, where I'd been yearning for some of the bohemianism of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. But no, there were no fabulous artists, no guys who looked remotely like a young Daniel Day-Lewis. I saw this one mysterious-looking guy reading Sartre in a cafe, but then his cell phone rang and he started talking in aloud Texan twang.”