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“Happy endings are still endings.”

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Gregory Maguire is an American novelist known for his reinterpretation of classic fairy tales. His works are characterized by profound moral implications and rich imagination, which have won him a wide audience. more

“A capacity for inferiority in the growing adult is threatened by the temptation by squander that capacity ruthlessly, to revel in hallowness. The syndrom especially plaques anyone who lives behind a mask. An elephant in her disquise as a human princess, a scarecrow with painted features, a glittering tiara under which to glow and glide in anonymous glamour. A witch's hat, a wizards stole, a scholars gown, a soldiers dress sartorials. A hundred ways to duck the question: how will I live with myself now that I nkow what I know.”

“Wonder. Go on and wonder.”

Inspiration Wonder Goes On

Book:FAULKNER READER

Source: FAULKNER READER

“Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work.”

People World Way Doe Economic Morality Economics

Book:Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Source: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

“He's a really nice guy, if only I weren't me.”

Ifs Guy Nice Really Nice Nice Guy

Book:Dry: A Memoir

Source: Dry: A Memoir

“Like cubic zirconia, I only look real. I'm an imposter. The fact is, I am not like other people.”

People Looks Real Facts Imposter

Book:Dry: A Memoir

Source: Dry: A Memoir

“You have an incredible body." He reaches out to touch my stomach. I feel no pleasure in his compliment or his touch, only impatience. This is the only feeling. I feel like the paper on which my mood chart is printed.”

Feels Feelings Body Pleasure Paper Incredibles Mood Compliment Stomach Reach Out Printed Impatience

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“A feeling of disquiet continues to haunt me. As a youth one dreams of love; by the time one wakes, it is too late.”

Feelings Dream Youth Late Too Late

Book:The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B: A Novel

Source: The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B: A Novel

“Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.”

Purpose Suffering Lost Creation Aim Emptiness Empires Ritual Replaced Vague Messiah Nigeria Independence

Book:Dune Messiah

Source: Dune Messiah

“Some people—and I am one of them—hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. Doom should not jam. The avalanche stopping in its tracks a few feet above the cowering village behaves not only unnaturally but unethically.”

People Feels Should Ends Hate Feet Track Harm Behave Village Stopping Norm Doom Jam Cheated Avalanches

Book:Pnin

Source: Pnin

“Ketut, why is life all crazy like this?" I asked my medicine man the next day...So what can we do about the craziness of the world?" Nothing." Ketut laughed, but with a dose of kindness. "This is nature of world. This is destiny. Worry about your craziness only-make you in peace.”

Men World Next Destiny Kindness Worry Crazy Medicine Laughed Next Day Dose Craziness

Author:Elizabeth Gilbert

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