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Ordinary Human Failings

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“Those who hasten to live are in a hurry to miss,”
― Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

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“I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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“If there is nothing but what we make in this world, brothers, let us make good.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

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“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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