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Abby King
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“There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
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Shel Silverstein,
Every Thing on It
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“Life is a very bad novelist. It is chaotic and ludicrous.”
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Javier Marías
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“Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself.”
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Sara Henderson
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“I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.”
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Jennifer Egan,
A Visit from the Goon Squad
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“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”
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Alexandre Dumas,
The Count of Monte Cristo
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#6
“You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.”
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Elizabeth Gilbert,
Eat, Pray, Love
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#7
“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”
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Jean de La Fontaine
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#8
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
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Charles M. Schulz
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#9
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
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Helen Keller
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#10
“Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.”
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Marcus Valerius Martialis
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#11
“Laugh loudly, laugh often, and most important, laugh at yourself.”
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Chelsea Handler,
Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me
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#12
“Our finger prints don't fade from the lives we touch.”
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judy blume
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#13
“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”
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Mo Willems,
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
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#14
“One must dare to be happy. ”
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Gertrude Stein
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#15
“It was only a phrase that went from mouth to mouth and was never quite swallowed.”
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Ismail Kadare,
Broken April
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#16
“She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.”
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Muriel Spark,
Aiding and Abetting
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#17
“Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.”
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Henry Austin Dobson
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#18
“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”
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Stephenie Meyer,
Twilight
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“There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.”
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Sophie Kinsella,
The Undomestic Goddess
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#20
“Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.”
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Colleen Hoover,
Slammed
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#21
“Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.”
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William Makepeace Thackeray
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#22
“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.”
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Harper Lee,
To Kill a Mockingbird
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#23
“Your thorns are the best part of you.”
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Marianne Moore
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#24
“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
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Colette
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#25
“I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view. ”
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Allen Ginsberg
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#26
“If your feet are firmly planted on the ground you'll never be able to dance.”
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Iris Johansen,
Countdown
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#27
“Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.”
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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#28
“There are some works so luminous...so powerful that they give us strength, and force us to new undertakings. A book can play this role.”
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Hervé Le Tellier
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#29
“Don't carry worries around," she always says. "They're heavy.”
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Sona Charaipotra,
Tiny Pretty Things
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“Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth…These are the things to fear…”
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
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