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“We like, we cherish, we are very, very fond of—but we never love again.”

Book:The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

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The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

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Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome was an English writer known for his humorous and satirical style. His works, such as 'Three Men in a Boat' and 'The Wind in the Willows', are beloved by readers. more

“I was late to understand that chaos and intensity are no subsitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life. Normal people are not always boring. On the contrary. Volatility and passion, although often more romantic and enticing, are not intrinsically preferable to a steadiness of experience and feeling about another person.”

People Persons Real Feelings Passion Normal Late Chaos Boring Contrary Improvement Real Life Lasting Intensity Lasting Love Enticing Volatility Steadiness

Book:An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

“When choosing sexual partners, remember: Talent is not sexually transmittable.”

Love Remember Laughing Relationship Talent Partners Sexually Bossypants

Author:Tina Fey

“We should leave people alone about their weight. Being skinny for a while (provided you actually eat food and don't take pills or smoke to get there) is a perfectly fine pastime. Everyone should try it once, like a super-short haircut or dating a white guy.”

People Should Trying Guy White Fine Weight Dating Smoke Pills Skinny Haircuts Pastime White Guys

Author:Tina Fey

“You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go.”

Trying Lasts Games Jokes Hardest Let It Go Overthinking Bossypants

Book:Bossypants

Source: Bossypants

“Shall memory restore The steps and the shore, The face and the meeting place.”

Faces Memories Steps Meetings Shore

Book:Canción de cuna y otros poemas

Source: Canción de cuna y otros poemas

“Did you eat a lot of paint chips as a child?”

Children Paint Chips

Author:Steven Tyler

“We can change our wives,” he said. “We can change our jobs, our nationalities and even our religions, but we can never change our team.”

Said Jobs Wife Team Never Change Nationality

Book:The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims

Source: The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims

“Stories happen only to those who are able to tell them, someone once said. In the same way, perhaps, experiences present themselves only to those who are able to have them.”

Way Said Stories Happens Able

Book:The New York Trilogy

Source: The New York Trilogy

“Please, do not leave me, Will Henry. I would not survive it. You were nearly right. What Mr. Kendall was, I am always on the brink of becoming. And you - I do not pretend to know how or even why - but you pull me back from the precipice. You are the one... You are the one thing that keeps me Human.”

Knows Humans Know How One Thing Becoming Please Leaving Me Precipice

Book:The Monstrumologist: The Isle of Blood

Source: The Monstrumologist: The Isle of Blood

“There are those who labor in the darkness, that the rest of us might live in the light.”

Light Might Darkness Labor

Book:The Isle of Blood

Source: The Isle of Blood

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