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“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself.”

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a renowned Nigerian author whose works delve into the intricacies of African life and identity. Born on September 15, 1977, she has garnered international recognition for her novels and short stories. more

“He always thought that Touie's long illness would somehow prepare him for her death. He always imagined that grief anf guilt, if they followed, would be more clear-edged, more defined, more finite. Instead they seem like weather, like clouds constantly re-forming into new shapes, blown by nameless, unidentifiable winds.”

Ifs Long Seems Would Be Grief Clear Wind Shapes Guilt Clouds Illness Weather Defined Finite Nameless

Author:Julian Barnes

“I see a girl, soon to be a woman," Tibb continues. "The girl who will share your life. She will love you, she will betray you, and finally she will die for you. And it will all have been for nothing. All for nothing in the end.”

Has Beens Ends Dies Girl Share Love You Betray

Author:Joseph Delaney

“What are you using?" I asked. "Fascination or glamour?" "Both," she said, giving me a wicked smile”

Giving Said Wicked Fascination Glamour

Author:Joseph Delaney

“The moon shows the truth of things.”

Shows Moon

Book:The Spook's Sacrifice

Source: The Spook's Sacrifice

“Isn't every hero aware of all the terrible reason they did those good deeds?" Aware of every mistake they ever made and how good people got hurt because of their decisions? Don't they recall the moments they weren't heroic at all? The moments where their heroism led to more deaths than deliberate villainy ever could?”

People Made Reason Moments Hurt Decision Mistake Hero Terrible Deeds Good People Heroic Heroism Recalls Good Deeds Deliberate Villainy Got Hurt

Author:Holly Black

“I have seen romanticism outlast the realistic. I have seen men forget the beautiful women they have possessed, forget the prostitutes, and remember the first woman they idolized, the woman they could never have. The woman who aroused them romantically holds them.”

Men Firsts Beautiful Remember Forget Realistic Possessed Beautiful Women Romanticism Idolized

Author:Anais Nin

“Please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand.”

Kind Hard Cold Please Chaos Be Good

Author:Sylvia Plath

“We did not touch each other. We were both leaning over the abyss.”

Abyss

Author:Anais Nin

“Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.”

Ends Life Is Celebrate Celebration Of Life

Book:Chocolat

Source: Chocolat

“It’s a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It’s the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have everything to live for.”

Dies Strange Opposites Atheist Myth

Author:Ricky Gervais

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