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“When I began to wait to live I really began to wait to die.”

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This book takes readers on a captivating road trip, highlighting the transformative power of shared experiences and the beauty of the open road. more

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William Saroyan

William Saroyan was an American playwright and novelist known for his humorous and satirical style. His works often explored social and human issues from the perspective of Armenian-American individuals. more

“What my children appear to be on the surface is no matter to me. I am fooled neither by gracious manners nor by bad manners. I am interested in what is truly beneath each kind of manners...I want my children to be people- each one separate- each one special- each one a pleasant and exciting variation of all the others”

People Want Kind Children Matter Special Exciting Surface Manners My Children Pleasant Variation Gracious Fooled Bad Manners

Author:William Saroyan

“There is a small area of land in Asia Minor that is called Armenia, but it is not so. It is not Armenia. It is a place. There are only Armenians, and they inhabit the earth, not Armenia, since there is no Armenia. There is no America and there is no England, and no France, and no Italy. There is only the earth.”

Earth America Land Areas England France Minors Asia Armenians Armenia

Book:Saroyan's Armenians: An Anthology

Source: Saroyan's Armenians: An Anthology

“The Web, the great time-killer that had replaced conspicuously passive television with its seductive illusion of productivity.”

Television Illusion Productivity Killers Passive Replaced Great Times Seductive

Author:Lionel Shriver

“Got nothing to do with trying. You like someone, or you don't. If you're 'trying', you don't.”

Ifs Trying

Book:Big Brother

Source: Big Brother

“For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.”

Thinking Self Matter Exceptional

Book:We Need To Talk About Kevin

Source: We Need To Talk About Kevin

“Besides, I'd heard too many Karen Carpenter tales at Gladstone PTA meetings, and they often took the form of boasts. The prestigious diagnosis of anorexia seemed much coveted not only by the students but by their mothers, who would compete over whose daughter ate less. No wonder the poor girls were a mess.”

Form Mother Girl Poor Wonder Heard Students Daughter Meetings Tales Mess Boast Diagnosis Anorexia Carpenter Prestigious Pta Gladstone

Book:We Need To Talk About Kevin

Source: We Need To Talk About Kevin

“The fact that my clothing has been visually available to other people I do not find upsetting. The body is another matter. It is mine; I have found it useful; but it is an avatar.”

People Has Beens Matter Facts Body Found Mines Available Upset Clothings

Author:Lionel Shriver

“But what's so great about being a perfectionist?... You do all this work, and then the stuff you've made just pisses you off.”

Made Stuff Perfectionist

Author:Lionel Shriver

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