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“Some men know the exact amount of money in their bank accounts,” she continued. “Other men know how many miles are on their car and how many more miles it’ll handle. Other men know the batting average of their favorite baseball player and more other men know the exact sum Uncle Sam has screwed ’em. Your father knows no such figures. The only numbers Landon Carpenter has in his head are the numbers of stars in the sky on the days his children were born. I don’t know about you, but I would say that a man who has skies in his head full of the stars of his children, is a man who deserves his child’s love. Especially from the child with the most stars.”
― Tiffany McDaniel, Betty

“I knew - perhaps I hoped - that no form could ever contain Lila, and that sooner or later she would break everything again.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

“Stay with me.

Always.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood