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“...the sun rose each morning to stare into my face with the blank but touching gaze of a lovely retarded child.”

Book:The Last Good Kiss

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The Last Good Kiss

This book delves into the complexities of romantic relationships and the emotional journey of its characters. more

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James Crumley

James Crumley was an American author born on October 12, 1939, and passed away on September 17, 2008. Known for his hard-boiled detective novels, his works have been highly appreciated by readers. more

“Beauty consists of its own passing, just as we reach for it. It’s the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when you see both their beauty and their death. ...Does this mean that this is how we must live our lives? Constantly poised between beauty and death, between movement and its disappearance? Maybe that’s what being alive is all about: so we can track down those moments that are dying.”

Mean Doe Moments Our Lives Alive Dying Movement Track Passing Passings Ephemeral Disappearance Configuration

Author:Muriel Barbery

“Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.”

Men Consequence Infatuation Recklessness

Book:Four Novels of George Eliot

Source: Four Novels of George Eliot

“At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut back without damaging the things that matter the most, we should strain every sinew to cut error, waste and fraud.”

Should Matter Difficult Decision Cutting Waste Errors Fraud Strain Hype Things That Matter Difficult Decisions

Author:David Cameron

“You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.”

Wind Civilization Currents Ships Nonsense Sail Lighting Deck Bonfire

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense.”

Lays Defense Slugs Randy

Book:A Christmas Story: A Play in Two Acts

Source: A Christmas Story: A Play in Two Acts

“What was my truth worth, if I was prepared to defend the entire world, but not those who were close to me? If I subdued hate, but wouldn't give love a chance?”

Ifs World Giving Hate Chance Prepared My Truth

Author:Sergei Lukyanenko

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