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“Like some kind of strange vacuum cleaner I tried to console him. I recited the same old litanies that you say to people when you try to help their broken hearts, but words can't help at all. It's just the sound of another human voice that makes the only difference. There's nothing you're ever going to say that's going to make anybody happy when they're feeling shitty about losing somebody that they love.”

Book:Revenge of the Lawn, The Abortion, So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away

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Revenge of the Lawn, The Abortion, So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away

This book is a compilation of short narratives that delve into the complexities of human emotions and the natural world. The stories examine the intricacies of interpersonal dynamics and the enduring power of personal experiences, all set against the backdrop of the natural environment. more

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Richard Brautigan

Richard Brautigan was an influential American novelist born on January 30, 1935, and died on September 14, 1984. Known for his unique literary style and profound depiction of the natural environment, he is considered one of the key figures of the Beat Generation and the Post-Beat Generation. more

“In a global race, can we really justify the huge number of expensive peripheral European institutions? Can we justify a commission that gets ever larger? Can we carry on with an organisation that has a multibillion pound budget but not enough focus on controlling spending and shutting down programmes that haven't worked?”

Enough Numbers Race Focus Havens Huge Institutions Spending Budgets Expensive Justify Pounds Organisation Programmes Huge Numbers Shutting Down

Author:David Cameron

“[T]he normal and the everyday are often amazingly unstoppable, and what is unimaginable is the cessation of them. The world is resilient, and, no matter what interruptions occur, people so badly want to return to their lives and get on with them. A veneer of civilization descends quickly, like a shining rain. Dust is settled.”

People World Want Matter Return Civilization Normal Rain No Matter What Shining Everyday Dust Resilient Unimaginable Interruptions Unstoppable Veneer

Author:Lorrie Moore

“If You don't give readers what they want, they'll be mad at you. If you give them what they do want, they'll be even more mad at you.”

Ifs Want Giving Reader Mad

Author:Cassandra Clare

“What do you think?" I whisper to Peeta. "About the fire?" "I'll rip off your cape if you'll rip off mine," he says through gritted teeth.”

Ifs Thinking Fire Mines Teeth Rip Peeta Capes

Book:The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

“This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man gets only what he earns. You're no ranger, Jon, only a green boy with the smell of summer still on you.”

Men Stills Boys Cutting Wall Summer Green Smell Meat Forks Rangers Daggers Winterfell

Book:A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows

Source: A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows

“How frequently has melancholy and even misanthropy taken possession of me, when the world has disgusted me, and friends have proven unkind. I have then considered myself as a particle broken off from the grand mass of mankind.”

World Taken Mankind Broken Mass Possession Melancholy Proven Particles Unkind Disgusted Misanthropy

Book:Letters from Scandinavia

Source: Letters from Scandinavia

“You make us look bad', complained Toad. 'You looked bad before I ever met you', Jon told him.”

Looks Mets Toads

Book:George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

“Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?”

Knows Men Needs Next Sides Wall Curiosity One Man Tyrion

Book:A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows

Source: A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows

“But you can love more than just one person, can't you?”

Persons Just One

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick.”

Source: When God Whispers Your Name

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