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Quote by Octave Mirbeau

“‎The greatest danger of a terrorist's bomb is in the explosion of stupidity that it provokes.”

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Octave Mirbeau was a French journalist born on February 16, 1848, and died on the same day in 1917. He is known for his sharp satire and profound realism in his literary works. more

“My name is October Christine Daye; I live in a city by the sea where the fog paints the early morning, parking is more precious than gold, and Kelpies wait for the unwary on street corners. Neither of the worlds I live in is quite mine, but no one can take them away from me. I did what had to be done, and I think I may finally be starting to understand what's important. It's all about finding the way home, wherever that is. I plan on finding out. I have time.”

“A breath of steam trickles out, filled with the sobs of a grown woman breaking into girl-sized pieces.”

Girl Pieces Breaths Filled Steam Grown Women

Book:Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

“I am a gluttonous, gorging failure. A waste. My body isn’t used to high-sugar carbs laced with witchcraft. It can barely cope with soup and crackers.”

Body Used Waste Sugar Soup Witchcraft Crackers Carbs

Book:Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

“I’m the girl who trips on the dance floor and can’t find her way to the exit. All eyes on me.”

Way Eye Girl Exit Dance Floor

Book:Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

“To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything.”

Avoiding

Book:The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition

“And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on her wall. And how her face looked when she realized she was in love with that boy.”

Firsts Different Faces Boys Wall First Time Posters

Book:The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition

“Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed.”

Wells Powerful Likes Rabbi

Author:Tony Campolo

“She thanked God that life was not always winter, that spring always came at last to chase away the cold and heaviness, and to release one to warmth and movement again.”

Lasts Movement Cold Spring Winter Release Warmth Heaviness

Book:The Love Comes Softly Collection: Eight Novels in One

Source: The Love Comes Softly Collection: Eight Novels in One

“In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms”

May Doe Poverty Riches Sickness Symptoms Envious Snob

Book:The Winter of our Discontent

Source: The Winter of our Discontent

“It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome.”

Persons Boys Handsome I Like Him

Book:Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret

Source: Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret

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