Khadija

“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“Living on the streets of London strips away your dignity, your identity − your everything, really. Worst of all, it strips away people’s opinion of you. They see you are living on the streets and treat you as a non-person. They don’t want anything to do with you. Soon you haven’t got a real friend in the world.”
― James Bowen, A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life

“Study the past if you would define the future.”
― Confucius

“To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken.
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― Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.