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Quote by Virginia Woolf

“I ransack public libraries & find them full of sunk treasure.”

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British modernist writer, known for her unique narrative techniques and profound portrayal of female experience. Her works include 'To the Lighthouse' and 'Mrs. Dalloway'. more

“I see Nick's number. I debate whether to assign a name to his number. If I commit to that, then I will truly be heartbroken if he never calls me again; my heart will knot each and every time I use this phone and see his name in there. I would probably end up having to trash the phone entirely.”

Ifs Heart Ends Use Names Numbers My Heart Phones Debate Commit Call Me Heartbroken Trash Knots

Book:Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Source: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

“My wife and I were present at this congress. Sabina told me, "Richard, stand up and wash away this shame from the face of Christ! They are spitting in His face." I said to her, "If I do so, you lose your husband." She replied, "I don't wish to have a coward as a husband.”

Ifs Said Faces Wish Christ Loses Wife Husband Shame Congress My Wife Coward Your Husband

Author:Richard Wurmbrand

“I should attempt to treat human vice and folly geometrically... the passions of hatred, anger, envy, and so on, considered in themselves, follow from the necessity and efficacy of nature... I shall, therefore, treat the nature and strength of the emotion in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes, and solids.”

Should Humans Passion Lines Emotion Concerned Hatred Treats Vices Envy Planes Folly Efficacy

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“‎"There’s no such thing as mistakes – only a lack of foresight.”

Mistake Foresight

Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength”

Men Should Healthy Solitude Findings Bored Boredom Wilderness Manhood Being Alone Hidden Strength

Book:Lonesome Traveler

Source: Lonesome Traveler

“Sometimes the world is so beautiful it hurts.”

World Sometimes Beautiful Hurt It Hurts

Book:Now Is the Hour

Source: Now Is the Hour

“Oh my God," Maddie whispered, horrified. "I rented him that boat. Does that make me a murderer?" Tara's heart clutched. "He's not dead yet." "Hurry," Maddie called to Ford. "I can't be the one who killed Tara's ex!" I look terrible in orange!”

Looks Heart Doe I Can Terrible Boat Orange Murderer Exes

Author:Jill Shalvis

“The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain.”

Needs Certain Getting Older

Author:Monica Ali

“Logan, why aren't you wearing protection?" The radio crackled, and then came Logan's voice. "I have 'protection' in my bag," he said. "But as much as I don't want to say this, darlin', now's not the time to be asking if I'm carrying condoms. I have problems." "A life vest, Logan! I'm asking where's your life vest!" "Oh," he said. "I knew that.”

Ifs Want Said Problem Voice Asking Radio Protection Bags Condom Vests

Author:Jill Shalvis

“Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone's control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.”

People Knows Two Age Life Is Difficult Humility Complicated Qualifications Vicissitudes Two Lives Life Is Difficult

Author:J. K. Rowling

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