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East of Eden

by John Steinbeck

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Aug 01, 2026 06:52AM

“There’s a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s closer to love at second sight. It’s the feeling when you meet someone that you’re going to fall in love with them. Maybe you don’t love them right away, but it’s inevitable that you will.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

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“A hairbrush is not a gun.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

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“The thing about falling is you don't have any control on your way down.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

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“When you lose someone and it still hurts, that's when you know the love was real.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

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“People like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. I think we all wait for that one time though, that one time when it ends right.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

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