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“I guess there's a lot we hope for that never happens.”

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This novel explores the complex relationship between two sisters, delving into their shared experiences and individual struggles. more

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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-American author renowned for her rich body of work. Her writings primarily focus on themes of women, immigration, and multiculturalism, encompassing novels, poetry, and essays. more

“the darkness is a cresting wave. It sweeps me up out of my body until I float among the stars, those tine bright pores on the sky's skin. If only I could pass through them, I would end up on the other side, the right side, shadowless, perfectly illuminated, beyond the worries of this mundane world”

Ifs World Ends Body Stars Sides Darkness Worry Sky Skins Wave Floats Mundane

Author:Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

“The clock indicates the moment-but what does eternity indicate?”

Doe Art Philosophy Moments History Eternity Clock

Author:Paul Di Filippo

“Dreams have a hard time surviving when confronted with reality.”

Hard Dream Reality Hard Times Surviving

Author:Mathias Malzieu

“If you spend your whole life being careful not to break anything, you'll get terribly bored, you know...I can't think of anything more fun than being impulsive!”

Ifs Thinking Knows I Can Whole Fun Break Careful Whole Life Bored Impulsive

Author:Mathias Malzieu

“You cannot force me to make my wishes now" She squared her shoulders and looked at him. "I've read texts.”

Force Wish Shoulders My Wish

Author:Melissa Marr

“I've read Reverend Kirk, in fact. My uncle's library has quite a few books of your people. I have read Mr. Lang's fairy tales as well. (Katherine Rae O'Flaherty) "Books are not the same as reality," Devlin stared at her. "My world is not always kind to mortals.”

People World Wells Kind Book Facts Reality Library Tales Mortals Fairy Fairy Tale Uncles Kirk Reverends

Author:Melissa Marr

“Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.”

Funny Tradition Army Navy Talk To Me Lashes Naval Rum Maritime Army Navy Don't Talk To Me British Navy

Author:Winston Churchill

“A true scientist is bored by knowledge; it is the assault on ignorance that motivates him - the mysteries that previous discoveries have revealed.”

Mystery Ignorance Discovery Scientist Bored Assault

Author:Matt Ridley

“Perhaps fiction has, for me, served a similar purpose--what is a narrative arc if not the imposition of order on disparate events?--and perhaps it is my avid reading that has been my faith all along.”

Ifs Has Beens Purpose Order Reading Fiction Events Narrative Arcs Imposition Avid

Author:Curtis Sittenfeld

“To be a person who sees a political ad on television and takes the statements in it as fact, how can you exist in this world? How is it you're not robbed daily by charlatans who knock at your door?”

World Persons Facts Political Doors This World Television Statements Ads Charlatans

Author:Curtis Sittenfeld

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