

“Sometimes, we are afraid of something because we're afraid of something else. ”
― Night Train to Lisbon
― Night Train to Lisbon

“People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure

“we make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos

“Because nothing is as good as you can imagine it. No one is as beautiful as she is in your head. Nothing is as exciting as your fantasy.”
― Asfixia
― Asfixia

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye

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