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Quote by Jennifer Crusie

“If you can't be a good example, then be a terrible warning.”

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Jennifer Crusie, born in 1949, is a renowned American female author. Her works are known for their humor, wit, and profound emotional descriptions, which have won her a large following among readers. more

“It's no wonder we don't defend the land where we live. We don't live here. We live in television programs and movies and books and with celebrities and in heaven and by rules and laws and abstractions created by people far away and we live anywhere and everywhere except in our particular bodies on this particular land at this particular moment in these particular circumstances.”

People Book Moments Body Law Heaven Wonder Land Television Particular Circumstances Program Far Away Abstraction

Book:Endgame, Volume 2: Resistance

Source: Endgame, Volume 2: Resistance

“We all have one idea of what the color blue is, but pressed to describe it specifically, there are so many ways: the ocean, lapis lazuli, the sky, someone's eyes. Our definitions are as different as we are ourselves.”

Way Ideas Different Eye Sky Color Ocean Blue Definitions Color Blue

Book:Lock and Key

Source: Lock and Key

“It's only through sheer force and luck that she's yet to take over the world.”

World Force Luck Sheer

Author:Julia Quinn

“Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think.”

Thinking Way Reading Intelligent

Author:Walter Moers

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”

Philosophy Women Repent

Book:Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Propos of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

Source: Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Propos of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

“There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty.”

Differences Events Expectations Finals Painful Certainty Sensibility

Book:Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay & Diaries

Source: Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay & Diaries

“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”

Two Time Patience Warrior Strongest Time Management Life Patience Great Patience Short Patience Being Patience Keep Patience Time And Patience Time Patience

Book:War and Peace

Source: War and Peace

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