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Douglas Smith
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Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another.
“Grief orbits the heart. Some days the circle is greater. Those are the good days. You have room to move and dance and breathe. Some days the circle is tighter. Those are the hard ones.”
― The Guncle
― The Guncle
“To die would be an awfully big adventure. But it’s not true. Life is the real adventure. Having the hurricane inside you is the true adventure. And then I think not of Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I, but of Mel Gibson as William Wallace. Everyone dies. Not everyone really lives.”
― Lily and the Octopus
― Lily and the Octopus
“A heart is judged not by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.”
― Lily and the Octopus
― Lily and the Octopus
“Guncle Rule number eight: Live your life to the fullest every single day, because every day is a gift. That’s why people die. To teach us the importance of living.”
― The Guncle
― The Guncle
“need you to remember something. We’ll call it Guncle Rule sweet sixteen: I want you to really live. To live is the rarest of things. Most people merely exist.”
― The Guncle
― The Guncle
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Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and lgbt
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