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I glance over at her and her sad eyes that seem so big in her small face. “I’m keeping you.”
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
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“I am an exceptional thief, Mrs. McClane. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite.”
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“Can you put your finger away please? Every time you point I see a penis.”
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“Youth and beauty are not accomplishments.”
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“What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can't be trusted—? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one willfully and in a cloud of unspeakable radiance away from health, domesticity, civic responsibility and strong social connections and all that blandly held common virtues and instead straight toward a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster? If your deepest self is singing and coaxing you straight toward the bonfire, is it better to run away? Ignore all the perverse glory your heart is screaming at you? Or is it better to throw yourself headfirst and laughing into the holy rage calling your name?”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
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