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John Irving quote: "I think about you more and more, but I don't waste my time -..."
I think about you more and more, but I don't waste my time - or yours - thinking about who you were before I knew you. John Irving
For instance, I had a friend I generally avoided. He rather bored me, and, besides, he was something of a moralist. But when he was on his deathbed, I was there - don't worry... And when, in addition, it's a suicide! Lord, what a delightful commotion! Albert Camus
You're still in love' 'No I'm not, I'm not She'll always be a part of me, and she's an important person in my life but for the two of us something wasn't working.' 'What element?' 'We never found out Woody Allen
I don't want you to leave. Which is exactly why I should. But don't worry. I'm essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should. Stephenie Meyer
By now, I probably preferred secondhand books to new ones. In America such items were disparagingly referred to as “previously owned”; but this very continuity of ownership was part of their charm. A book dispensed its explanation of the world to one person, then another, and so on down the generations; different hands held the same book and drew sometimes the same, sometimes a different wisdom from it. Julian Barnes
At that point in their lives, everything is clear an everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But , as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny. Paulo Coelho
Stephen King quote: "And then the car was beside him, not idling but panting like a..."
And then the car was beside him, not idling but panting like a deadly animal which may or may not be tamed. Stephen King
Anita Loos quote: "You can say what you want about the Germans being full of..."
You can say what you want about the Germans being full of "kunst", but what they are really full of is delicatessen. Anita Loos
Evelyn Waugh quote: "I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are..."
I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence. Evelyn Waugh
Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don't talk about that much. It seems to piss people off--especially men. (Kinsey Millhone) Sue Grafton
As for my father, I never knew whether he believed God was a mathematician but he certainly believed God could count and that only by picking up God's rhythms were we able to regain power and beauty. Unlike many Presbyterians, he often used the word "beautiful. Norman Maclean
John Dryden quote: "Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men..."
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence. John Dryden
..and better still to be alone with one's books. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don't know how to continue the conversation. Paulo Coelho
[Wendy has just become the Lost Boys' mother] Peter: Discipline. That's what fathers believe in. We must spank the children immediately before they try to kill you again. In fact, we should kill them. Wendy: Father. I agree that they are... perfectly horrid, but... kill them and they should think themselves... important. The Lost Boys: So important, Peter. Curly: And unique. Wendy: I, propose something far more dreadful. Medicine. The sticky, sweet kind. The Lost Boys: Kill us, Peter. J. M. Barrie
Alice Munro quote: "One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere, but to..."
One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere, but to the next stroke of lightning. Alice Munro

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