The Trees
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“She could have some crazy-ass husband or boyfriend. You know, a stupid redneck with a gun.” “That’s redundant.”
“But I’m not sure it actually matters what we read. Our lives continue along the straight lines that have been set out for us. Fiction merely allows us a glimpse of the alternative. Maybe that’s one of the reasons we enjoy it.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“I knew all about reading a lot. About how it could take you to a world that was better than the real one. A world where there were adventures and mysteries and magic. Except, of course, books ended eventually, and then you had to go back to being yourself.”
― The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
― The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
“Regret keeps you stuck on pause. So does prison. When you get out of here, make sure you hit play so you don’t forget to move forward.”
― Reminders of Him
― Reminders of Him
“We’re all just a bunch of sad people doing what we have to do to make it until tomorrow.”
― Reminders of Him
― Reminders of Him
“They say that ignorance is bliss. I think ignorance is the mother of extreme behavior, ensuring either a colorless and tedious life or one of passionate commitment to foolishness of one kind or another.”
― Quicksilver
― Quicksilver
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