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Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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“Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer.”

The Lost Bookshop

by Evie Woods

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Laurie’s Quotes

“For a creation to last, for creative freedom, the pace must be chosen, not imposed.”
― Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent

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“Stories were different, though: they came alive in the telling. Without a human voice to read them aloud, or a pair of wide eyes following them by flashlight beneath a blanket, they had no real existence in our world.”
― John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things

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“Why was marriage always seen as the key to happiness?”
― Evie Woods, The Lost Bookshop

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“I create for myself, in the hope of pleasing others.”
― Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent

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“Stories wanted to be read, David’s mother would whisper. They needed it. It was the reason they forced themselves from their world into ours. They wanted us to give them life.”
― John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things

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