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“I've always wanted to be a cat. Warm and domesticated when you want to be, wild when you don't.”

Quote by Jenny Downham

Book:Before I Die

Work

This novel delves into the lives of individuals facing their own mortality, highlighting their desires, regrets, and the quest for fulfillment in their final days. more

Author

Jenny Downham is a British novelist known for her works focused on young adult themes. Born in 1964, her writing explores the emotions, growth, and self-discovery of adolescence. Downham's books have gained popularity for their deep emotional insights and realistic portrayal of youth issues. more

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Book:The holotropic mind: the three levels of human consciousness and how they shape our lives

Source: The holotropic mind: the three levels of human consciousness and how they shape our lives

“If you love someone, truly love them, you should never cause them pain. Never fill their eyes with something so close to grief.”

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“The miracle is that, in most cases, he succeeds - for the powers of survival, of the will to survive, and to survive as a unique inalienable individual, are absolutely, the strongest in our being: stronger than any impulses, stronger than disease.”

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Book:The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic

Source: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic

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“Then I think of all the tricks, all the minutes all the hours and days and weeks and months and years waiting for me. All of it without them. And I can't breathe then, like someone's stepping on my heart, Laila. So weak I just want to collapse somewhere.”

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“I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way.... I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself.”

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“She turns to us, acts surprised to see us, then does the bit with the back of the hand to the forehead. "You're lost!" "You're angry!" "You're in the wrong school!" "You're in the wrong country!" "You're on the wrong planet!”

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“It was unbearable, and he thought again, 'How unhappy I am!' and became happier.”

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Book:A Passage to India

Source: A Passage to India

“I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.”

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Source: A Passage to India