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“Ove felt one should not go through life as if everything was exchangeable. As if loyalty was worthless. Nowadays, people change their stuff so often that any expertise in how to make things last becoming superfluous.”

Book:A Man Called Ove

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A Man Called Ove

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“We cannot control the way people interpret our ideas or thoughts, but we can control the words and tones we choose to convey them. Peace is built on understanding, and wars are built on misunderstandings. Never underestimate the power of a single word, and never recklessly throw around words. One wrong word, or misinterpreted word, can change the meaning of an entire sentence and start a war. And one right word, or one kind word, can grant you the heavens and open doors.”

Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Profitable bookstores sell books. Unprofitable book sellers store books.”

Profit Bookstore Store Seller

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The coffin is such a loathsome thing; the producer doesn’t need it, the seller doesn’t want it, the buyer doesn’t use it, the user doesn’t see it; and yet it must be bought.”

Coffin User Seller Buyer

Book:Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“But the strongest scent was also the oldest – it was the perfume of his transgressions. There were other smells, too, some of which she could name – incense, books, sweat – and far, far more that she had no name for.”

Transgressions

Book:The Scarlet Gospels

Source: The Scarlet Gospels

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