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“If watching television doesn't hasten death, it surely manages to make death very inviting; for television so shamelessly sentimentalizes and romanticizes death that it makes the living feel they have missed something - just by staying alive.”
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
“Owen Meany believed that “coincidence” was a stupid, shallow refuge sought by stupid, shallow people who were unable to accept the fact that their lives were shaped by a terrifying and awesome design – more powerful and unstoppable than the Yankee Flyer. (a train)”
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
“You take every opportunity given you in this world, even if you have too many opportunities. One day, the opportunities stop, you know.”
― The Hotel New Hampshire
― The Hotel New Hampshire
“… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life.”
― The Cider House Rules
― The Cider House Rules
“If you can't love crudeness, how can you truly love mankind?”
― My Movie Business: A Memoir
― My Movie Business: A Memoir
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