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“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“All that man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. His suffering and happiness are evolved from within. As he thinks, so he is. As he continues to think, so he remains.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“प्रोब्लेम्स नसतात कोणाला? ते शेवटपर्यंत असतात. पण प्रत्येक प्रोब्लेमला उत्तर असतंच.
ते सोडवायला कधी वेळ हवा असतो, कधी पैसा तर कधी माणसं. या तिन्ही गोष्टीपलीकडला प्रोब्लेम अस्तित्वातच नसतो.”
― P.L. Deshpande

“खरं तर सगळे कागद सारखेच…
त्याला अहंकार चिकटला की त्याचे सर्टिफिकेट होते.”
― P.L. Deshpande, अपूर्वाई [Apurvai]

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“It is the secret fear that we are unlovable that isolates us, but it is only because we are isolated that we think we are unlovable.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“Love and reason have never been well acquainted.”
― Nina de Gramont, The Christie Affair

“Nothing in life unfolds the way you think it will, does it?”
― Nina de Gramont, The Christie Affair

“As if the sheer force of her anguish had made her, inexplicably, the most important person on earth”
― Nina de Gramont, The Christie Affair

“An emotional sort. As if there is any other kind of human.”
― Nina de Gramont, The Christie Affair

“He’s twelve years old, and this summer he learns that people will always choose a simple lie over a complicated truth, because the lie has one unbeatable advantage: the truth always has to stick to what actually happened, whereas the lie just has to be easy to believe.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“The complicated thing about good and bad people alike is that most of us can be both at the same time.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone,”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“Anxiety. It owns us but leaves no trace.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“Being a mother can be like drying out the foundations of a house or mending a roof: it takes time, sweat, and money, and once it's done everything looks exactly the same as it did before. It's not the sort of thing anyone gives you praise for.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“Being smart is the worst thing one can be in modern society. All it ever means is more work.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Answer Is No

“It is the secret fear that we are unlovable that isolates us,” the passage goes, “but it is only because we are isolated that we think we are unlovable. Someday, you do not know when, you will be driving down a road. And someday, you do not know when, he, or indeed she, will be there. You will be loved because for the first time in your life, you will truly not be alone. You will have chosen to not be alone.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry