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“I read.. because one life is not enough”

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Richard Peck is an American novelist, born on April 10, 1934. He is known for his works in children's literature, which have been highly appreciated by readers. more

“It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.”

Source: Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition

“When your laboratory explodes, lacing your body with a supercharged elixir, what do you do? You don't just lie there. You crawl out of the rubble, hideously scarred, and swear vengeance on the world. You keep going. You keep trying to take over the world.”

World Trying Body Lying Your Body Keep Going Swear Vengeance Laboratory Keep Trying Rubble Elixir

Book:Soon I Will Be Invincible: A Novel

Source: Soon I Will Be Invincible: A Novel

“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.”

Nature Sun Flower Picks Hundred Blooming Blossoming Wildflowers Blooming Flower Beautiful Flower Flower Blossom Inspirational Flower Rose Flower Love And Flower Flower Love Picking Flowers

Book:The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection

Source: The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection

“Of course many bars in Manhasset, like bars everywhere, were nasty places, full of pickled people marinating in regret.”

People Courses Regret Bars Nasty

Book:The Tender Bar: A Memoir

Source: The Tender Bar: A Memoir

“We'll all grow up Meg, no pretending we won't.”

Grows Growing Up Pretending Meg

Author:Louisa May Alcott

“Done because we are too many.”

Done

Book:Collected classics

Source: Collected classics

“The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion.”

Passion Ability Hero Absurd Refusal Live In The Present

Author:Albert Camus

“The future for me is already a thing of the past - You were my first love and you will be my last”

Love Firsts Lasts Past First Love Time And Love

Author:Bob Dylan

“I have lost friends, some by death...others by sheer inability to cross the street.”

Humor Funny Death Lost Friendship Streets Crosses Sheer Inability My Friendship Funny Relationship About Friendship Lost Friendship Friendship Day Lost Friend Funny Friendship Funny Best Friend Really Funny Best Friend

Author:Virginia Woolf

“Alan," cried I, "what makes ye so good to me? What makes ye care for such a thankless fellow?" Deed, and I don't, know" said Alan. "For just precisely what I thought I liked about ye, was that ye never quarrelled:—and now I like ye better!”

Knows Said Care Fellows Deeds Cried Thankless

Book:KIDNAPPED (StoneHenge Classics)

Source: KIDNAPPED (StoneHenge Classics)

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