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John Steinbeck quote: "There's no thing sadder to me than associations held together..."
There's no thing sadder to me than associations held together by nothing but the glue of a postage stamp. John Steinbeck
Oh, such a shame, such a shame. Oh, such a shame. What’s it all about anyhow?” “I’ve wondered for a long time.” “But why bring it to me?” “I guess I’m the Black Death,” he said slowly. “I don’t seem to bring people happiness any more. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "My soul is calm and clear, like the mountains in the morning...."
My soul is calm and clear, like the mountains in the morning. But they think I am cold, and a mocker with terrible jests. Friedrich Nietzsche
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had..."
I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I loved county fairs in the South. It was hard to believe that anything could be so consistently cheap and showy and vulgar year after year. each year I thought that at least one class act would force its way into a booth or sideshow, but I was always mistaken. The lure of the fair was the perfect harmony of its joyous decadence, its burned-out dishonored vulgarity, its riot of colors and smells, its jangling, tawdry music, and its wicked glimpse into the outlaw life of hucksters, tattoo... Pat Conroy
He stretched himself. He rose. He stood upright in complete nakedness before us, and while the trumpets pealed Truth! Truth! Truth! we have no choice left but confess? he was a woman. Virginia Woolf
Reading is important. Books are important. Librarians are important. (Also, libraries are not child-care facilities, but sometimes feral children raise themselves among the stacks.) Neil Gaiman
Well, it is. One of her 'pretends' is that she is a princess. She plays it all the time—even in school. She says it makes her learn her lessons better. She wants Ermengarde to be one, too, but Ermengarde says she is too fat. Frances Hodgson Burnett
Primo Levi quote: "He could hardly read or write but his heart spoke the language..."
He could hardly read or write but his heart spoke the language of the good Primo Levi
The berries. I realize the answer to who I am lies in that handful of poisonous fruit. If I held them out to save Peeta because I knew I would be shunned if I came back without him, then I am despicable. If I held them out because I loved him, I am still self-centered, although forgivable. But if I held them out to defy the capitol, I am someone of worth. The trouble is, I don't know exactly what was going on inside me at that moment. Suzanne Collins
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "A man would make but a very sorry chemist if he attended to..."
A man would make but a very sorry chemist if he attended to that department of human knowledge alone. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Back to him she would never go, but in her lonely life still lived the sweet memory of that happy time when she believed in him and he was all in all to her. Louisa May Alcott
Gilbert, I'm afraid I'm scandalously in love with you. You don't think it's irreverent, do you? But then, you're not a minister. L. M. Montgomery
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "I don't give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience..."
I don't give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience for me and I felt a little dizzy for a while. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I am young now and can look upon my body and soul with pride. But it will be mangled soon, and later it will begin to disintegrate, and then I shall die, and die conclusively. How can we face such a fact, and not live in fear? Jack Kerouac

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