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“The greatest of love letters are always coded for the one and not the many.”

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Mark Z. Danielewski is an American author born on March 5, 1966. He is known for his experimental narrative techniques and visual style in literature, with notable works including 'The Room' and 'The Time Traveler's Wife'. more

“I had as yet no notion that life every now and then becomes literature—not for long, of course, but long enough to be what we best remember, and often enough so that what we eventually come to mean by life are those moments when life, instead of going sideways, backwards, forward, or nowhere at all, lines out straight, tense and inevitable, with a complication, climax, and, given some luck, a purgation, as if life had been made and not happened.”

Source: A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition

“There is love there. And then there's times when I can't even stomach Simon. You don't have to sit next to him. That's all I have to say.”

I Can Next Stomach

Author:Paula Abdul

“The dead do walk and haunt and crawl into your bed at night. Ghosts sneak into your head when you're not looking. Stars line up and volcanoes birth out bits of glass that foretell the future. Poison berries make girls stronger, but sometimes kill them. If you howl at the moon and swear on your blood, anything you desire will be yours. Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.”

Ifs Sometimes Desire Night Girl Wish Stars Bits Lines Walks Blood Birth Bed Moon Stronger Glasses Careful Ghost Poison Be Careful Swear Sneak Howl Berries Volcanoes Careful What You Wish For

Book:Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

“Even with the best intentions, growing apart might just be an inevitable part of growing up.”

Might Growing Up Growing Intention Inevitable Best Intentions

Book:The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths

Source: The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths

“Love may have the longest arms, but it can still fall short of an embrace.”

May Stills Fall Arms Embrace

Book:Charmed Thirds: A Jessica Darling Novel

Source: Charmed Thirds: A Jessica Darling Novel

“They say that none of us exists, except in the imagination of his fellows, other than as an intangible, invisible mentality.”

Imagination Fellows Invisible Mentality Intangible

Book:The Complete Science Fiction Novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Illustrated): A Princess of Mars, Llana of Gathol, The Gods of Mars, Beyond Thirty, The Warlord of Mars, The Chessmen of Mars, The Master Mind of Mars, Pirates of Venus, The Monster Men and many more

Source: The Complete Science Fiction Novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Illustrated): A Princess of Mars, Llana of Gathol, The Gods of Mars, Beyond Thirty, The Warlord of Mars, The Chessmen of Mars, The Master Mind of Mars, Pirates of Venus, The Monster Men and many more

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