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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
“Not everyone has to be the Chosen One. Not everyone has to be the guy who saves the world. Most people just have to live their lives the best they can, doing things that are great for them, having great friends, trying to make their lives better, loving people properly. All the while knowing that the world makes no sense but trying to find a way to be happy anyway.”
― The Rest of Us Just Live Here
― The Rest of Us Just Live Here
“Granny then said the real trick of life was that almost no one is entirely a shit and almost no one is entirely not a shit. The hard part of life is keeping as much on the not-a-shit side as one can.”
― My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
― My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
“They’re good, these stories,” Mace continued, his cheeks stained with light color. “They teach the pain of others.” “Empathy. Carlin always said it was the great value of fiction, to put us inside the minds of strangers.”
― The Fate of the Tearling
― The Fate of the Tearling
“Sincerity is an easy target, but I don’t want to excise sincerity from my life – that’s a lonely way to live.”
― Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
― Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
“By the time he reaches the farm, he is sure that the Bailey he is now is closer to the Bailey he is supposed to be than the Bailey he had been the day before. He may not be certain what any of it means, but for now he does not think that it much matters.
In his dreams, he is a knight on horseback, carrying a silver sword, and it does not seem that strange after all.”
― The Night Circus
In his dreams, he is a knight on horseback, carrying a silver sword, and it does not seem that strange after all.”
― The Night Circus
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