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Loveless

by Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author)

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by Vladimir Nabokov

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Monica’s Quotes

“The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”
― Nadine Gordimer

tags: truth

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“A roll of the dice will never abolish chance.”
― Stéphane Mallarmé

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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Anais Nin

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“It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears
is said to be seen in San Francisco.
It must be a delightful city and possess
all the attractions of the next world.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: heaven, hiding, people, places, san-francisco, tales-of-the-city

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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: dreams, life

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