Michael Sheehan

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John  Green
“The pleasure isn't in doing the thing, the pleasure is in planning it.”
John Green, Paper Towns

“...anticipation of happiness can sometimes be as gratifying as its consummation.”
Gaynor Arnold, Girl in a Blue Dress

Honoré de Balzac
“Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.”
Honoré de Balzac

Lionel Suggs
“I never assume anything. I anticipate the possibilities and allow my imagination to create the future.”
Lionel Suggs

Julian Barnes
“Remember the botched brothel-visit in L’Education sentimentale and remember its lesson. Do not participate: happiness lies in the imagination, not the act. Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.”
Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

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Erik Va...
90 books | 164 friends

Summer ...
358 books | 71 friends

Bill Berry
0 books | 74 friends

Genevie...
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Sheila ...
26 books | 108 friends

John
56 books | 104 friends

Bill Berry
0 books | 18 friends

Austin ...
138 books | 96 friends

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