“There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.”
― This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
― This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
“But God is only a white cold eye, a quarter-moon poised above the smoke, blinking, blinking, as the city is gradually pounded to dust.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Some stories don’t have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
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