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“Festina Lente (Hurry in slowly)”

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Elizabeth Kostova, born on December 26, 1964, is a renowned author known for her rich imagination and profound literary connotations. Her works have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

“Outside, there was that predawn kind of clarity, where the momentum of living has not quite captured the day. The air was not filled with conversation or thought bubbles or laughter or sidelong glances. Everyone was sleeping, all of their ideas and hopes and hidden agendas entangled in the dream world, leaving this world clear and crisp and cold as a bottle of milk in the fridge.”

Source: The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel

“I had trouble listening to adults who didn't really mean anything that they said; it was as if their language poured into my ears only to drain right out a little spigot in the back of my head.”

Ifs Mean Littles Said Language Trouble Listening Adults Ears They Said Really Mean Drains

Book:The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel

Source: The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel

“He thought about his people without sentimentality, with a strict closing of his accounts with life, beginning to understand how much he really loved the people he hated most.”

People Accounts Hated Closing

Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“Love is a negative form of hatred.”

Form Love Is Negative Hatred

Book:This Immortal

Source: This Immortal

“The death of an illusion tends to disconcert.”

Illusion

Book:This Immortal

Source: This Immortal

“There's really nothing quite like someone's wanting you dead to make you want to go on living.”

Want Goes On Wanting You

Book:This Immortal

Source: This Immortal

“Misa: I can't imagine a world without Light! L: Yes, that would be dark.”

World I Can Light Would Be Dark Imagine Death Note

Author:Tsugumi Ohba

“You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside”

Ifs Stills Mother Being A Mom

Book:The Secret Life of Bees

Source: The Secret Life of Bees

“See you in the funny papers," he said. Jaunty, he reminded himself; always jaunty. In my panache is their hope for salvation.”

Said Paper Salvation Papers Panache

Book:The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Source: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

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