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“Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are admistered on the knee, shoulder, and arm.”

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Stephen Chbosky, born on January 25, 1970, is an acclaimed American novelist known for his profound psychological portrayals and unique narrative style. His works, such as 'Wonder', have gained widespread popularity and critical acclaim. more

“Wish you could turn off the questions, turn off the voices, turn off all sound. Yearn to close out the ugliness, close out the filthiness, close out all light. Long to cast away yesterday, cast away memory, cast away all jeapordy. Pray you could somehow stop uncertainty, somehow stop the loathing, somehow stop the pain. Act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to your chest.”

Littles Long Light Pain Turns Wish Sound Voice Memories Cutting Praying Gun Casts Deeper Yesterday Impulse Uncertainty Chests Bottles Ugliness Wish You Loathing Turn Off Cast Away

Book:Impulse

Source: Impulse

“...since I was a little boy, she had always wanted me to go. She was always sending me off on a bus someplace, to elementary school, to camp, to relatives in Kentucky, to college. She pushed me away from her just as she'd pushed my elder siblings away when we lived in New York, literally shoving them out the front door when they left for college.”

Littles Wanted School Left Boys Doors Fronts New York College Bus Camps Elders Sibling Little Boys Kentucky Elementary School Front Doors

Book:The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

Source: The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

“I did best when I had least truth for my subjects.”

Subjects

Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of John Donne (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of John Donne (Illustrated)

“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our Democracy; Tonight is your answer.”

Ifs Stills Dream America Answers Wonder Democracy Doubt Alive All Things Our Time Tonight American Dream Founders Yes We Can

Author:Barack Obama

“Money poisons you when you've got it, and starves you when you haven't.”

Havens Poison

Book:Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Propos of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

Source: Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Propos of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

“You are speaking of my future lover. Be more respectful.”

Romance Lovers Respectful My Future Eric Northman

Book:Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set

Source: Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set

“The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding, and then letting imagination build the structure that fills in those things we can never find out for sure.”

Imagination Fiction Known Records Structure Historical Historical Fiction Factual Scaffolding

Author:Geraldine Brooks

“Hey, our hair's the same color," I said, eying us side by side in the mirror. "Sure is, girlfriend." Eric grinned at me.”

Said Sides Color Hair Mirrors Hey Girlfriend Eric Sookie Stackhouse

Author:Charlaine Harris

“The last time I wore an animal hide; but this time I settled for this." Eric had been wearing a long trench coat. Now he threw it off dramatically, and I could only stand and stare. Normally, Eric was a blue-jeans-and-T-shirt kind of guy. Tonight, he wore a pink tank top and Lycra leggings[...]They were pink and aqua, like the swirls down the side of Jason's truck.”

Source: Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set

“Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.”

Taken Sadness Sad Melancholy Lightness Feeling Sad

Book:Six Memos for the Next Millennium

Source: Six Memos for the Next Millennium

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