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“I am leaving life with the consciousness of having miserably wasted the whole of this life on occupations which I never enjoyed nor desired, which were simply obligatory.”
― Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

“Free-form jigging, communal shapes in the air; free-form jigging, communal shapes in the air. Dancing was easy!”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“As they carried on and met more people Furlong did and did not know, he found himself asking was there any point in being alive without helping one another? Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These

“Together they would go through the living room picking up crumpled napkins, stacking plates. They had sent the housekeeper home long ago. This was an act of intimacy, a pure expression of love. They were alone again. They were setting their house to right.”
― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto