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“for when people are determined on a mode of conduct which they know to be wrong, they feel injured by the expectation of any thing better from them.”
― Jane Austen , Sense and Sensibility

“Send not to know
For whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.”
― John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions

“A spy novel?” Dagmar asked. “You two are talking about a spy novel?”

Annwyl threw her hands up in the air. “Not just a spy novel!”

“It’s much more than that,” Ragnar argued, and when Dagmar gawked at him in disgust, he added, “I can’t read deep, meaningful, thought-provoking philosophy all the time.”

“Exactly. Sometimes you have to read about a completely amoral hero whoring and killing his way across an unnamed land in the name of the queen that he’ll always love—”

“—but never have.” Then both Ragnar and Annwyl sighed a little.”
― G.A. Aiken, Last Dragon Standing

“Although some graduating classes will have a “handful of celebrities” who move on to the national stage, he pointed out that most would find themselves “building or strengthening your communities. Please love that destiny, if it turns out to be yours—for communities are all that’s substantial about the world.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young