“I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.”
― Love Among the Chickens
― Love Among the Chickens
“Seeds must be sown everywhere. Only some will bear fruit. But there would not be the fruit from the few had the many not been sown.”
― My Name Is Asher Lev
― My Name Is Asher Lev
“Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. But it's a lie. The story is about to begin, and every day will be a new piece of the plot. ”
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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