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“I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved any one. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man - he is a mushroom!”

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Antoine de Saint-Exupery was a French writer, poet, and aviator, renowned for his novella 'The Little Prince,' which has been translated into over 300 languages and remains one of the most beloved books worldwide. During World War II, he served as a pilot in the French Air Force, and his mysterious disappearance over the Mediterranean Sea in 1944 remains unsolved. more

“If we look at life in its small details, how ridiculous it all seems. It is like a drop of water seen through a microscope, a single drop teeming with protozoa. How we laugh as they bustle about so eagerly and struggle with one another. Whether here, or in the little span of human life, this terrible activity produces a comic effect”

Ifs Humans Looks Littles Seems Water Laughing Struggle Effects Produce Terrible Activity Details Ridiculous Comic Human Life Microscopes Drop Of Water Bustle Small Details

Author:Irvin D. Yalom

“What are you?" "Im a Shadowhunter.”

Shadowhunters

Author:Cassandra Clare

“He had married (as most young men did) because he had met a perfectly charming girl at the moment when a series of rather aimless sentimental adventures were ending in premature disgust; and she had represented peace, stability, comradeship, and the steadying sense of an unescapable duty.”

Men Moments Young Girl Adventure Duty Mets Married Series Young Man Stability Disgusting Charming Sentimental Premature Comradeship

Book:The Age of Innocence: American Literature

Source: The Age of Innocence: American Literature

“I remembered my little brother, Allyn, had appeared so innocent and angelic when he slept--similar to Kerrick. It must be a survival tactic. If Allyn hadn't looked so sweet, we would have killed him while he slept. He had been pure evil when he was awake--similar to Kerrick.”

Ifs Littles Evil Sweet Brother Pure Survival Appearance Innocent Remembered Awake Tactics Angelic Little Brother My Little Brother Pure Evil

Author:Maria V. Snyder

“I existed before I received this body. I am the external and fundamental life energy of the universe.”

Body Universe Energy Fundamentals Energy Of The Universe

Author:Ilchi Lee

“The fear is like metal on my tongue—I’ve known him but a fragment of time, and yet I’m certain if I accept his suit, it will destroy a part of me when he leaves.” Keir reached forward to tuck her hair behind her ear. “We’re all a little broken.” Quiet. Potent. “No one goes through life with a whole heart.”

Ifs Heart Littles Whole Certain Behinds Known Accepting Hair Broken Quiet Ears Tongue Suits Metals Fragments

Book:Angels' Dance

Source: Angels' Dance

“It's not about you. It's about them.”

Leadership Social Media

Author:Clint Eastwood

“If it has to be done at all, it must be done with grace.”

Ifs Done Grace

Book:Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set: The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen

Source: Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set: The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen

“Chater: You dare to call me that. I demand satisfaction! Septimus: Mrs Chater demanded satisfaction and now you are demanding satisfaction. I cannot spend my time day and night satisfying the demands of the Chater family.”

Night Demand Satisfaction Dare My Time Call Me Satisfying Day And Night

Book:Arcadia

Source: Arcadia

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