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“I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

“I think reality is overrated.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“So - whatever happened to you?'
'Life. Life happened.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

“And then some days you wake up and everything's perfect.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“I guess there are never enough books.”
― John Steinbeck, A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia

“You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.”
― John Steinbeck

“I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Memory was supposed to fill the time, but it made time a hole to be filled.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Once you hear something, you can never return to the time before you heard it.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

“To be alive at all is to have scars.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

“Why I'm Not Where You Are”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
― Mother Teresa

“What is being awake if not interpreting our dreams, or dreaming if not interpreting our wake?”
― Jonathan Safran Foer

“Let love write on you for awhile.”
― Foer

“My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“There's nothing wrong with not understanding yourself.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

“If nothing matters, there's nothing to save.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals

“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”
― Jess C. Scott, The Intern

“You can't love anything more than something you miss.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“Words never mean what we want them to mean.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

“I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours. ”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook