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Albert Camus quote: "He had opened his heart to the sublime indifference of the..."
He had opened his heart to the sublime indifference of the universe Albert Camus
They went to university because someone, at a time when universities seemed important, said that in order to rise in the world, you had to have a degree. And thus the world was deprived of some excellent gardeners, bakers, antique dealers, sculptors, and writers. Paulo Coelho
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was. Joseph Heller
She regretted having taken his hand, she wanted to get away from there as soon as possible, to hide her shame, never again to see that man who had witnessed all that was most sordid in her, and who nevertheless continued to treat her with such tenderness. But again she remembered Mari's words: She didn't need to explain her life to anyone, not even to the young man standing before her. Paulo Coelho
Steve turned to us again, looking so dang enthusastic that I wondered how much coffee he'd had this morning. "So, you kids want to be big stars, eh?"God, no!" I said spewing crumbs. "No way!"Oddly, this seemed to throw a petite wrench into the convo. James Patterson
Dorothy L. Sayers quote: "She couldn't have found anything nastier to say if she had..."
She couldn't have found anything nastier to say if she had thought it out with both hands for a fortnight. Dorothy L. Sayers
Eudora Welty quote: "I've said what I had to say."
I've said what I had to say. Eudora Welty
I love three things," I then say. "I love a dream of love I once had, I love you, and I love this patch of earth."And which do you love best?" "The dream. Knut Hamsun
She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was not a comrade and could never be - for a woman. And that no one would ever be that version of herself which she sought to reach out to and touch with an ungloved hand. There was only her own mood and whim, and if that was all there was, she decided to turn the naked hand toward it, discover it and let others become as intimate with their own selves as she was. Toni Morrison
But then, the sky! Blue, untainted by a single cloud (the Ancientes had such barbarous tastes given that their poets could have been inspired by such stupid, sloppy, silly-lingering clumps of vapour). I love - and i'm certain that i'm not mistaken if i say we love - skies like this, sterile and flawless! On days like these, the whole world is blown from the same shatterproof, everlasting glass as the glass of the Green Wall and of all our structures. On days like these, you can see to the... Yevgeny Zamyatin
Kate Chopin quote: "They had been permitted to sit up till after the ice-cream,..."
They had been permitted to sit up till after the ice-cream, which naturally marked the limit of human indulgence. Kate Chopin
Ludwig van Beethoven quote: "It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before..."
It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce Ludwig van Beethoven
...she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage of her life she had been chosen to read as others were chosen to write. Alan Bennett
The day after his father left, Franz and his mother went into town together, and as they left home Franz noticed that her shoes did not match. He was in a quandary: he wanted to point out the mistake, but was afraid he would hurt her. So, during the two hours they spent walking through the city together he kept his eyes focused on her feet. It was then he had his first inkling of what it means to suffer. Milan Kundera
J. D. Salinger quote: "He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense..."
He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor. J. D. Salinger

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