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

“You have been the last dream of my soul.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“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

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone