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“You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.”

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Wendelin Van Draanen is an American author known for his young adult literature. His works often explore themes of growth, friendship, and family relationships, and are highly appreciated by young readers. more

“Whoever's reading this, if anyone is reading it: does it matter that our old selves are lost to us as surely as the past is lost, or is it enough to know yes we lived then, and we are living now, and the connection must be there? Like a river hundreds of miles long exists both at its source and at its mouth, simultaneously?”

Ifs Knows Long Doe Self Matter Enough Past Reading Lost Source Mouths Rivers Connections Miles Does It Matter Old Self

Book:Foxfire: confessions of a girl gang

Source: Foxfire: confessions of a girl gang

“The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will”

Knows Men Self Human Nature Boast Brag

Book:Royal Assassin: The Farseer Trilogy

Source: Royal Assassin: The Farseer Trilogy

“I washed a sock. Then I put it in the dryer. When I took it out, it was gone.”

Life Funny Gone Sock Dryers

Author:Steven Wright

“Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.”

One Word Inevitability

Book:Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“Rather than arriving five hours late and flustered, it would be better all around if he were to arrive five hours and a few extra minutes late, but triumphantly in command.”

Ifs Would Be Hours Five Minutes Late Command Extras Arriving

Book:The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Source: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“Nobody got murdered before lunch. But nobody. People weren't up to it. You needed a good lunch to get both the blood-sugar and blood-lust levels up.”

People Levels Blood Needed Lust Lunch Sugar Blood Sugar Criminology

Book:The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Source: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment.”

Sorrow Expectations Fruit Disappointment Heavy Hopes And Expectations

Book:The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Source: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.' That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.”

Looks Kind Said Home Statements Coming Home Cried Affectionate

Book:H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

Source: H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

“They will not be pleased. But they know we must catch the monsoon with a well-found ship; and they know they are in the Navy--they have chosen their cake, and must lie on it.' You mean, they cannot have their bed and eat it.' No, no, it is not quite that either. I mean--I wish you would not confuse my mind, Stephen.”

Knows Mind Wells Mean Lying Found Wish Bed Chosen Ships Cake Navy Wish You Monsoons I Wish You Would

Book:H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

Source: H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

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