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“He felt changed, but there was no one to tell.”

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A. S. Byatt is a celebrated British novelist, recognized for her intricate narratives and literary style. Born on August 24, 1936, she has made substantial contributions to literature with her distinctive voice and storytelling. more

“I certainly should have,' he agrees, smiling and thinking what an absurd and universally-accepted bit of nonsense it is, that your best friends must necessarily be the ones who best understand you. As if there weren't far too much understanding in the world already; above all, that understanding between lovers, celebrated in song and story, which is actually such torture that no two of them can bear it without frequent separations or fights.”

Ifs Thinking World Should Two Stories Song Fighting Bits Understanding Too Much Bears Lovers Should Have Agree Accepted Separation Absurd Torture Nonsense Your Best Friend

Author:Christopher Isherwood

“I know that part of the reason I read Tolkien when I'm ill is that there is an almost total absence of sexuality in his world, which is restful.”

Knows World Reason Ill Sexuality Absence Restful

Author:A. S. Byatt

“WORTH IT and perfect are different things. No one’s perfect, yet in romance, everyone becomes WORTH IT. And that’s the trick.”

Different Romance Perfect Tricks Different Things Worth It No One's Perfect

Author:Maureen Johnson

“A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into?”

Reason Together Goes On Couple Living Together

Book:The Woman Destroyed

Source: The Woman Destroyed

“They had dreams but they called them dreams because they were unrelated to reality, they were a distant unknown, an impossibility, they would never come true.”

Dream Reality Impossibility

Book:Bright Shiny Morning

Source: Bright Shiny Morning

“The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for.”

Past Time Hope Can Do Change Plans Future Live In The Moment Lecturer Past Present Future Way Of The Warrior Peaceful Warrior You Can't Change The Past

Author:Dan Millman

“My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.”

Men Mind Safe I've Learned Stolen Sanctuary Breach Eragon Murtagh

Book:The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance

Source: The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance

“She sits down and puts her hand to her chest and rocks. Thinks of all she has lost and will lose. All she has had and will have. It seems to her that life is like gathering berries into an apron with a hole. Why do we keep on? Because the berries are beautiful, and we must eat to survive. We catch what we can. We walk past what we lose for the promise of more, just ahead.”

Thinking Hands Seems Past Beautiful Life Is Lost Loses Walks Rocks Promise Down And Holes Chests Gathering Life Is Like Berries Aprons

Book:Home Safe: A Novel

Source: Home Safe: A Novel

“If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.”

Ifs Would Be Humanity Forever

Author:Darren Shan

“I love you," she sobbed, rubbing her hands over his face, his hair, his chest, making sure he was solid and real. "I love you, and I thought you were dead. I couldn't bear it. I thought I would die too." "I'd walk through fire for you," he rasped, his voice hoarse and broken. "I have walked through fire for you.”

Real Hands Faces Dies Voice Walks Fire Love You Hair Broken Bears Chests

Book:Wicked Intentions: Number 1 in series

Source: Wicked Intentions: Number 1 in series

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