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“Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

“Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again."
"Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?"
"Yes. I want to ruin you."
"Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

“Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss