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“Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.”

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Alan Bennett, a British playwright, screenwriter, and actor, was born on May 9, 1934. Known for his humor and satire, his works include 'The History Boys' and 'The Lady in the Van'. more

“Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely: You'll hear their feet Beating out and beating out a - You think It's a happy beat? Listen to it closely: Ain't you heard something underneath like a - What did I say? Sure, I'm happy! Take it away! Dream Boogie Hey, pop! Re-bop! Mop! Y-e-a-h!”

Thinking Dream Morning Heard Feet Beats Pops Hey Daddy Rumble Boogie Bops

Book:The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1951-1967

Source: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1951-1967

“Our eyes meet. I hear a train horn, so faint it could be wind whistling through an alleyway. But I know it when I hear it. It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to to them.”

Knows Eye Sound Wind Calling Train Horns Dauntless Whistling Alleyways

Book:The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

Source: The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

“All her knowledge is gone now. Everything she ever learned, or heard, or saw. Her particular way of looking at Hamlet or daisies or thinking about love, all her private intricate thoughts, her inconsequential secret musings – they’re gone too. I heard this expression once: Each time someone dies, a library burns. I’m watching it burn right to the ground.”

Thinking Way Dies Secret Gone Saws Heard Particular Expression Library Intricate Daisies Musings Inconsequential

Book:The Sky Is Everywhere

Source: The Sky Is Everywhere

“Asking me to describe my son is like asking me to hold the ocean in a paper cup”

Son Paper Ocean Asking Cups My Son

Author:Jodi Picoult

“[Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, but only an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it.”

People Heart Persons Body Would Be Leader Failing Proud Passionate Clever Followers Ambitious Impatient Unpleasant Person

Book:THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

Source: THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

“We live in a vale of tears...We can have all the dreams we like, but life is hard, implacable, sad.”

Hard Dream Life Is Tears Life Is Hard

Author:Paulo Coelho

“You must believe me when I believe, and not when I doubt.”

Believe I Believe Doubt Believe In Me

Book:Chantecler

Source: Chantecler

“I am selfish. I am brave.”

Brave Selfish I Am Selfish

Book:Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)

Source: Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)

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