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“I ran away one day. He was running in the same direction.”

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Melina Marchetta is an Australian author renowned for her young adult literature. Her works often delve into complex interpersonal relationships and profound emotional experiences, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“If she took Po as her husband, she would be making promises about a future she couldn't yet see. For once she became his wife, she would be his forever. And, no matter how much freedom Po gave her, she would always know that it was a gift. Her freedom would be not be her own; it would be Po's to give or to withhold. That he never would withhold it made no difference. If it did not come from her, it was not really hers.”

Ifs Knows Giving Made Matter Would Be Differences Forever Wife Promise Husband

Author:Kristin Cashore

“The things that I loved were very frail. Very fragile. I didn't know that. I thought they were indestructible. They weren't.”

Knows Fragile Frail Indestructible

Author:Cormac McCarthy

“What is the soul? What color is it? I suspected my soul, being mischievous, might slip away while I was dreaming and fail to return. I did my best not to fall asleep, to keep it inside of me where it belonged.”

Soul Dream Might Fall Failing Color Return My Soul Slips Mischievous

Book:Just Kids

Source: Just Kids

“People don't want to accept the responsibility for their own weakness, so they place the blame on something that they're not responsible for, like disease or genetics.”

People Want Responsibility Accepting Disease Weakness Responsible Blame Genetics

Book:A Million Little Pieces

Source: A Million Little Pieces

“For seven days she lay in bed looking sullenly at the ceiling as though resenting the death she had cultivated for so many years. Like some people who cannot vomit despite horrible nausea, she lay there unable to die, resisting death as she had resisted life, frozen with resentment of process and change.”

People Years Dies Process Bed Lays Seven Horrible Despite Resentment Frozen Ceilings Resisting Seven Days Nausea

Book:And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

Source: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

“It's only in the finer points that it gets complicated and contentious, the inability to realize that no matter what our religion or gender or race or geographic background, we all have about 98 percent in common with each other.... For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that.”

World Different Matter Reason Realizing Common Race Focus Conflict Percent No Matter What Complicated Gender Backgrounds Inability Contentious

Book:Every Day

Source: Every Day

“We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.”

Earth Christian Belief Christianity Democracy Thirds India Islamic Dependent Indonesia

Author:Jimmy Carter

“Whoa, I've really got to stop making plans with fictional characters. It can't be healthy to develop relationships with people who don't exist.”

People Character Plans Healthy Fictional Character

Author:Chris Colfer

“I know I'm bitter and a little jaded, and mildly enjoy it, but am I a sad person? Am I happy? I plan on being happy in the future for sure, but it isn't here yet. So what does that make me, exactly?”

Knows Littles Persons Doe Enjoy Plans Bitter Jaded Sad Person

Author:Chris Colfer

“I may have no idea what I'm talking about," I said, a little ticked off now. "But we're all a part of a minority waiting for a majority to pull their heads out of their asses.”

May Littles Said Ideas Waiting Talking Majority Ass No Idea Minorities

Author:Chris Colfer

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