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“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“The inhumanity of it is what makes Nazism so horrible—that's what people always say. Sure. But there's no denying the obvious: part of being human is the inhumanity of it. As long as we refuse to admit that inhumanity is completely human, we'll just be telling ourselves pious lies.”
― Romain Gary, The Kites

“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye