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“We loved killing time and had perfected several ways of doing so. We wandered the hallways carrying papers that indicated some mission of business when in reality we were in search of free candy.”

Quote by Joshua Ferris

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Joshua Ferris is an American author born on November 8, 1974. His works are celebrated for their unique narrative style and profound insights into modern life. more

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Should War Lines Pieces Fronts Humour News Troops Arranging Good Humour

Book:All quiet on the western front and related readings

Source: All quiet on the western front and related readings

“The days, the weeks, the years out here shall come back again, and our dead comrades shall then stand up again and march with us, our heads shall be clear, we shall have a purpose, and so we shall march, our dead comrades beside us, the years at the Front behind us:—against whom, against whom?”

Years Purpose Behinds Clear Week Fronts March Comrade Back Again

Book:All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

Source: All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

“Oh, it was delicious to have someone to keep secrets with. If I'd had a sister or a brother closer in age, I guessed that's what it would be like. But it wasn't just smoking or skirting around Mother. It was having someone look at you after your mother has nearly fretted herself to death because you are freakishly tall and frizzy and odd. Someone whose eyes simply said, without words, You are fine with me.”

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Book:The Help

Source: The Help

“I listened wide-eyed, stupid. Glowing by her voice in the dim light. If chocolate was a sound, it would've been Constantine's voice singing. If singing was a color, it would've been the color of that chocolate.”

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Book:The Help

Source: The Help

“Passion is a feeling that tells you: this is the right thing to do. Nothing can stand in my way. It doesn't matter what anyone else says. This feeling is so good that it cannot be ignored. I'm going to follow my bliss and act upon this glorious sensation of joy.”

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Book:The Essential Wayne Dyer Collection

Source: The Essential Wayne Dyer Collection

“He knows, as all the cleverest ones do, that no human being is so interesting that he can't make himself more interesting still by acting retarded at random intervals.”

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Source: Up in the Air: A Novel

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Author:Lisa Kleypas

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Book:Beyond the Western Sea #1: Escape From Home

Source: Beyond the Western Sea #1: Escape From Home

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Book:Foucault's Pendulum

Source: Foucault's Pendulum