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“It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.”
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
“One can begin so many things with a new person! - even begin to be a better man.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“I don't care a damn about men who are loyal to the people who pay them, to organizations...I don't think even my country means all that much. There are many countries in our blood, aren't there, but only one person. Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?”
― Our Man in Havana
― Our Man in Havana
“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
“A hundred years from now, people will look back on us and laugh. They'll say, 'You know what people used to believe? They believed in photons and electrons. Can you imagine anything so silly?' They'll have a good laugh, because by then there will be newer better fantasies... And meanwhile, you feel the way the boat moves? That's the sea. That's real. You smell the salt in the air? You feel the sunlight on your skin? That's all real. Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else.”
― The Lost World
― The Lost World
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We're the Albuquerque chapter of Silent Book Club, a global group of people who enjoy gathering together to read in public. We'll meet around town to ...more
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