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“It's never too late to pursue a dream.”

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The Midnight Library

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Matt Haig is a British novelist born in 1975. His works are known for their humor and profound emotional insight, enjoying great popularity among readers. Haig's writing spans a variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and realism. more

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“We all have choices, Nora. There's such a thing as free will.' 'Well, not if you subscribe to a deterministic view of the universe.”

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“The fact prodded her from inside. 'I'm happy here.' 'Except you aren't.' He was right. A soul-sickness festered within her. Her mind was throwing itself up. She widened her smile.”

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“I'm afraid, Nora' — he paused for a moment, about the time it takes to lift an axe into the air — 'I'm going to have to let you go.”

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“The sky was full of heavy soot-grey clouds, as if providing a celestial echo of Nora's mind, as she wandered around Bedford in search of a reason to exist. The town was a conveyor belt of despair.”

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“The universe tended towards chaos and entropy. That was basic thermodynamics. Maybe it was basic existence too. You lose your job, then more shit happens. The wind whispered through the trees. It began to rain. She headed towards the shelter of a newsagent's, with the deep — and, as it happened, correct — sense that things were about to get worse.”

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“Her despair growing like a weight she couldn't carry.”

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“I'm having a pretty shit time too, if we're doing the Misery Olympics.”

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“Bands don't last. We'd have been a meteor shower. Over before we started. Meteor showers are fucking beautiful.”

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“I don't think your problem was stage fright. Or wedding fright. I think your problem was life fright.”

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“This hurt. The words took the air out of her. 'And I think your problem,' she retaliated, voice trembling, 'is blaming others for your shitty life.”

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