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“Can I touch your mango?”

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Cassandra Clare is a renowned American author, best known for her young adult fantasy novel series, 'The Mortal Instruments'. Her works blend elements of magic, romance, and adventure, captivating young readers worldwide. more

“The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn't grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a mother's obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors are concentrated in the grape.”

“No real lady would let a dress that might have been worn by a stranger touch her skin.”

Has Beens Real Might Skins Dresses Stranger Worn Might Have Been

Book:The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

“Nothing, however, can be more arrogant, though nothing is commoner than to assume that of Gods there is only one, and of religions none but the speaker’s.”

Assuming Speakers Arrogant Commoners

Book:Orlando: A Biography

Source: Orlando: A Biography

“There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.”

People Exception Norm

Book:The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa

Source: The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa

“He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet.”

Difficult Poet Intervals Gertrude

Book:Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

Source: Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

“If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.”

Ifs Earth Universe Planets Insane Asylums Insane Asylum

Author:Voltaire

“The very reason for nature's existence is the education of the soul; it has no other meaning.”

Soul Reason Existence

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“Waffles are just awesome bread.”

Bread Waffles

Author:John Green

“Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we lost our center and have to find it again.”

Life Made Culture Lost Virtue Journey Quests Introvert Discouraged Extroverts Inner Journey

Author:Anais Nin

“Desires should never be justified,' Tehol said, wagging a finger. 'All you end up doing is illuminating the hidden reasons by virtue of their obvious absence.”

Should Said Ends Reason Desire Virtue Fingers Obvious Absence Justified Illuminating

Author:Steven Erikson

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