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“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.”
― My Name Is Red
― My Name Is Red
“To my mind, the only possible pet is a cow. Cows love you. They will listen to your problems and never ask a thing in return. They will be your friends forever. And when you get tired of them, you can kill and eat them. Perfect.”
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“For Colin Firth:
You're a really great guy, but I'm married, so I think we should just be friends.”
― Austenland
You're a really great guy, but I'm married, so I think we should just be friends.”
― Austenland
“I’m trying in all my stories to get the feeling of the actual life across—not to just depict life—or criticize it—but to actually make it alive. So that when you have read something by me you actually experience the thing. You can’t do this without putting in the bad and the ugly as well as what is beautiful. Because if it is all beautiful you can’t believe in it. Things aren’t that way.”
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