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“A beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of human thought.”

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French novelist born on May 20, 1799, and died on August 18, 1850. Honore de Balzac is renowned for his profound insight and criticism of 19th-century French society, hailed as the 'father of modern fiction'. more

“It is a mark of the depth of their wounding that they are pretending they suspected it all along. Everything that they have seen and been told about love so far has been an inside perspective, and they are not prepared for the crashing weight of this exclusion. It dawns on them now how much they never saw and how little they were wanted, and with this dawning comes a painful re-imagining of the self as peripheral, uninvited, and utterly minor.”

Littles Has Beens Self Wanted Saws Perspective Weight Mark Prepared Depth Painful Dawn Pretending Minors Exclusion Uninvited

Book:The Rehearsal

Source: The Rehearsal

“Dancing?' Annabeth asked. Thalia nodded. She cocked her ear to the music and made a face. 'Ugh. Who chose Jesse McCartney?' Grover looked hurt. 'I did.”

Made Faces Hurt Ears Dancing Annabeth Ugh Grover Grover Underwood Thalia Grace

Book:The Titan's curse

Source: The Titan's curse

“It's funny, when you're a child you think time will never go by, but when you hit about twenty, time passes like you're on the fast train to Memphis. I guess life just slips up on everybody. It sure did on me.”

Thinking Children Like You Twenties Train Slips Time Passes Memphis

Book:Fried Green Tomatoes, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, and I Still Dream About You: Three Bestselling Novels

Source: Fried Green Tomatoes, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, and I Still Dream About You: Three Bestselling Novels

Quote by Honore de Balzac

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