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“She was mine before she was yours.”

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Lauren Oliver, born in 1982, is an accomplished American author known for her profound emotional depth and imaginative storytelling. Her works have garnered widespread acclaim and have resonated with readers around the world. more

“He felt so lost, he said later, that the familiar studio felt like a haunted valley deep in the mountains, with the smell of rotting leaves, the spray of a waterfall, the sour fumes of fruit stashed away by a monkey; even the dim glow of the master's oil lamp on its tripod looked to him like misty moonlight in the hills.”

Said Lost Felt Masters Mountain Fruit Studios Smell Oil Familiar Hills Valleys Monkeys Lamps Moonlight Sour Spray Waterfalls Rotting Misty Tripods

Author:Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

“Chained inside the carriage is a sinful woman. When we set the carriage afire, her flesh will be roasted, her bones will be charred: she will die an agonizing death. Never again will you have such a perfect model for the screen. Do not fail to watch as her snow-white flesh erupts in flames. See and remember her long black hair dancing in a whirl of sparks!”

Long Remember Dies Black White Perfect Watches Failing Hair Models Dancing Bones Screens Flesh Snow Flames Sparks Carriages Chained Snow White Agonizing Black Hair Long Black Hair

Author:Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

“Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.”

“Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly.”

Feels Real Ends Life Is Real Life Feel Good Good Movie

Book:The Silver Linings Playbook: A Novel

Source: The Silver Linings Playbook: A Novel

“When you walk through the storm, hold your head high And don't be afraid of the dark! At the end of the storm is a golden sky And the sweet song of the lark. Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain Though your dreams be tossed & blown Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone!”

Heart Ends Dream Song Dark Walks Sky Sweet Wind Rain Storm Golden Your Dreams Larks Through The Storm

Author:Douglas Adams

“[...] I suppose this was the first time I had ever felt an urge not to be. Never an urge to die, far less an urge to put an end to myself - simply an urge not to be. This disgusting, hostile and unlovely world was not made for me, nor I for it. It was alien to me and I to it.”

World Firsts Made Ends Dies Felt First Time Aliens Urges Disgusting Hostile

Book:Moab is My Washpot

Source: Moab is My Washpot

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