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“Think about that for a moment. They died for you. Now take a good look at the life you're living and tell me: Did they do the right thing?”

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Mira Grant

Mira Grant is an American author known for her works in science fiction and horror. Her novels often blend political satire with elements of science fiction, earning her a dedicated fan base. more

“Never in his life had occasion to ask himself, "Why are things the way they are?" Why should he bother, when the way they were was always perfect? Why are things the way they are? The question to which there is no answer, and up till then he was so blessed he didn't even know the question existed.”

Knows Way Should Asks Answers Perfect Blessed Occasions Bother

Book:American Pastoral

Source: American Pastoral

“Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt is something one is proud of.”

Source Pride Proud Contempt Scorned

Book:The Confessions

Source: The Confessions

“Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to be but lacks the power. On both grounds, I'm in misery.”

Wish Habit Misery Burden

Author:Saint Augustine

“In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.”

Facts Newspapers

Author:Naomi Campbell

“I have been surrounded by love letters you two have built each other for years, encased in tents.”

Years Has Beens Two Built Letters Tents Love Letter Surrounded By Love

Book:The Night Circus

Source: The Night Circus

“For a moment everything was clear, and when that happens you see that the world is barely there at all. Don't we all secretly know this? It's a perfectly balanced mechanism of shouts and echoes pretending to be wheels and cogs, a dreamclock chiming beneath a mystery-glass we call life. Behind it? Below it and around it? Chaos, storms. Men with hammers, men with knives, men with guns. Women who twist what they cannot dominate and belittle what they cannot understand. A universe of horror and loss surrounding a single lighted stage where mortals dance in defiance of the dark.”

Source: 11/22/63: A Novel

“There are some choices you can only make once. You can't go back to where you made a choice and then take the other one.”

Made Choices

Book:Stravaganza: City of Flowers

Source: Stravaganza: City of Flowers

“...have a theory that she is in love with the dream of someone and not an actual person.”

Persons Dream Theory

Author:Erin Morgenstern

“He Wrote, Are you OK? I told him, My eyes are crummy. He wrote, But are you OK? I told him, That's a very complicated question. He wrote, That's a very simple answer. I asked, Are you OK? He wrote, Some mornings I wake up feeling grateful.”

Feelings Eye Simple Answers Morning Wake Up Grateful Complicated Feeling Grateful

Book:Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

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