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“Arthur Jelliby was a very nice young man, which was perhaps the reason why he had never made much of a politician.”
― Stefan Bachmann, The Peculiar

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“When you are five, you know your age down to the month. Even in your twenties, you know how old you are. I'm twenty-three you say, or maybe twenty-seven. But then in your thirties, something strange starts to happen. It is a mere hiccup at first, an instant of hesitation. How old are you? Oh, I'm--you start confidently, but then you stop. You were going to say thirty-three, but you are not. You're thirty-five. And then you're bothered, because you wonder if this is the beginning of the end. It is, of course, but it's decades before you admit it.”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.”
― Kate Morton , The Forgotten Garden