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“In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else.”

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Gabrielle Zevin, born on October 24, 1977, is an American author whose works span across various genres, including novels, young adult literature, and adult fiction. She is admired for her unique narrative style and profound humanistic concerns. more

“Kevin stopped where he was and stood there simply gazing at her. Molly sat cross-legged in the meadow with the sun shining on her bare shoulders and a pair of yellow butterflies fluttering like hair bows around her head. She was all the dreams he'd lost at dawn-dreams of everything he hadn't understood he needed until now. She was his playmate, his confidante, the lover who made his blood rush. She was the mother of his children and the companion of his old age. She was the joy of his heart.”

“It was a kiss made in lonely dreams. A kiss that took its time. A kiss that felt so right she couldn't remember all the reasons it was wrong.”

Made Reason Dream Remember Felt Kissing Lonely

Book:This Heart Of Mine: Number 5 in series

Source: This Heart Of Mine: Number 5 in series

“What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but absence of self-criticism.”

World Self Criticism Absence Excess Self Criticism

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.”

Men Want Giving May Enough Rich Smart Bones Accidents Generous Dry Dull Being Smart Secretive Generous Man

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.”

World Should Mean Vision Progress Fit Changing The World

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“There is a corollary to the conception of being too proud to fight. It is that the humble have to do most of the fighting.”

Fighting Proud Humble Conception

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were not created equal, they were certainly evolved unequal. There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man.”

Ifs Men Facts Democracy Rights Divine Equal Bases Independence Dogma Declaration Declaration Of Independence Dogmatic Origin Of Man

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“If it had grown up, it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.”

Ifs Thinking Children Made Ugly Pigs Handsome Wonderland Alice Adventures In Wonderland Alice In Wonderland Alice

Book:The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle: The Wind in the Willows, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan, The Three Musketeers

Source: The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle: The Wind in the Willows, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan, The Three Musketeers

“You have to keep recycling yourself.”

Recycling

Book:Invisible Monsters: A Novel

Source: Invisible Monsters: A Novel

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