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“Lying's wrong, but when the world spins backwards, a small wrong may be a big right.”

Book:Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel

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Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel

David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas is a complex and ambitious novel that weaves together six interrelated stories set in various eras and locations. The narrative spans from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future, featuring characters from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Each story is unique yet interconnected, reflecting the universal human condition and the idea that actions in one life can have repercussions in another. This enhanced movie tie-in edition includes additional content related to the film adaptation. more

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David Mitchell

David Mitchell is a British novelist known for his unique narrative techniques and profound humanistic concerns. His works often blend humor, satire, and philosophical thinking, winning him a wide audience. more

“How come you like Josh so much anyway? All he does is sit around drinking overpriced coffee and bitching about how awful things are" "He cares about the world." "If he cared about the world, he'd donate the ten thousand dollars he must spend on coffee every year to charity. That would be doing something.”

Ifs World Years Doe Would Be Care Thousand Ten Dollars Drinking Charity Coffee Awful Donate Josh

Book:Something, Maybe

Source: Something, Maybe

“Do you really think he was flirting with me?" "Let's see. He gave you candy you hate - I saw your face - and a CD of songs..." He looks at the CD. "All of these are, like, twenty years old at least. Figures. Oh, and he groped your face. Sounds like true love to me.”

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Book:Something, Maybe

Source: Something, Maybe

“Okay, I guess you can come in." "Um, Hannah, you have to, you know, open the front door so I can actually come in." "I thought you were going to - you're standing under my window. Aren't you supposed to climb up here or something?" "My ladder's at home. Also, you call throwing rocks at your window clichéd?”

Knows I Can Home Doors Rocks Fronts Standing Window Okay Climbs Throwing Ladders Front Doors Throwing Rocks

Book:Something, Maybe

Source: Something, Maybe

“I told you not to take off work for this." “And miss your big finale? No way.I’m all atwitter to see how things turn out.” “That’s cute, Jordo.” Then he frowned as Nick McCall was suddenly there, in their lives, and Kyle was therefore being a little…cautious before welcoming him into the family. “Be nice, Kyle,” Jordan warned. “What?” he asked innocently. “When have I ever not been nice to Tall, Dark, and You Can’t Be Serious About This Guy?” “I like him. Get used to it.”

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Author:Julie James

“I see that you’ve had the non-pleasure of meeting my sister.Jordo, this is Rylann Pierce.” Jordan raised an eyebrow pointedly at Kyle. He glared. An entire dialogue seemed to pass between them”

Pleasure Meetings Raised Dialogue My Sister Eyebrows Jordan Pierce

Author:Julie James

“It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.”

Tree Flower Forsake

Author:Alexandre Dumas

“In life there are certain sores which, like a kind of canker, slowly erode the soul in solitude.”

Kind Soul Certain Solitude Erode

Author:Sadegh Hedayat

“Nothing truly wild is unclean.”

Book:My First Summer in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition

Source: My First Summer in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition

“Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.”

Dark Sky Flower Direct Snow Rainbow Frozen Raindrops Sod

Book:JOHN MUIR’S CALIFORNIA COLLECTION: My First Summer in the Sierra, Picturesque California, The Mountains of California, The Yosemite & Our National Parks (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Nature Writings and Wilderness Essays

Source: JOHN MUIR’S CALIFORNIA COLLECTION: My First Summer in the Sierra, Picturesque California, The Mountains of California, The Yosemite & Our National Parks (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Nature Writings and Wilderness Essays

“You’re a goner, Donovan. When a hungry man spends more time lookin’ at his woman than eatin’ , he’s in trouble.”

Men Trouble Hungry More Time Hungry Man

Author:Christine Feehan

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