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“There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.”

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Laura Lippman

Laura Lippman, born on January 31, 1959, is a renowned American author known for her crime novels. Her works are highly appreciated by readers for their unique narrative style and intricate plot construction. more

“Once upon a time, there was a girl named Grace Brisbane. There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home in between the pages of books. She loved all the wolves behind her house, but she love one of them most of all.”

Made Book Home Lying Girl House Numbers Behinds Grace Special Pages Very Good Once Upon A Time Grace Brisbane

Book:Linger

Source: Linger

“The peculiar striations that define someone's personality are too numerous to know, no matter how close the observer. A person we think we know can suddenly become someone else when previously hidden strands of his character are called to the fore by circumstance.”

Thinking Knows Persons Matter Character Personality Circumstances Peculiar Observers Strands

Author:Elliot Perlman

“Just start off with the same goals in mind. If you have the same values, same goals then you'll be on track for the same future.”

Ifs Mind Values Goal Track

Author:Angelina Jolie

“Everything comes with a price. Everything. Some things just cost more than others.”

Cost

Author:Brom

“Well . . ." St. Vincent walked slowly with her to the crowd of dancers. "I'm a wicked man who can, on occasion, be just a bit nice. And I've been searching for a nice girl who can, on occasion, be just a bit wicked.”

Men Wells Girl Bits Nice Crowds Occasions Wicked Dancer Wicked Man Nice Girl

Book:It Happened One Autumn: Number 2 in series

Source: It Happened One Autumn: Number 2 in series

“I had to cease to mourn what could never be and make the most of what was possible. And I would begin doing that by trying to mend the hurts of the past.”

Trying Past Hurt Cease Moving On Mourn

Book:Wild Orchid: A Retelling of

Source: Wild Orchid: A Retelling of

“You're so very good at that. The temper, the scowl. You must drink shots of testosterone in your morning coffee.”

Morning Drink Shots Very Good Coffee Temper Testosterone Morning Coffee

Book:Deathwish

Source: Deathwish

“Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.”

Stars My Own Trouble Gravity Time Machine Unknown Future

Book:The Time Machine

Source: The Time Machine

“Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense." "Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter, but it somehow works." He says "Somehow the mixture of two things is genius.”

Two Genius Make Sense Two Things Chocolate Mixtures Introspective Peanuts Peanut Butter

Author:Simone Elkeles

“But sometimes the world disrobes, slips its dress off a shoulder, stops time for a beat. If we look up at that moment, it's not due to any ability of ours to pierce the darkness, it's the world's brief bestowal. The catastrophe of grace.”

Ifs World Looks Sometimes Moments Ability Darkness Grace Beats Dresses Dues Shoulders Look Up That Moment Slips Catastrophe Pierce Stop Time

Book:Fugitive Pieces

Source: Fugitive Pieces

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