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“Perhaps for that very reason, I adored her all the more, because of the eternal human stupidity of pursuing those who hurt us the most.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“It suddenly struck me that Dawsey is a lonesome person. I think it may be that he has always been lonely, but he didn't mind before, and now he minds.”
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Act', implores the Ghost of Future Regret. 'I shan't give you another chance'. [and so Jacob does] 'Damned fool,' groans the Demon of Present Regret. 'What have you done?”
― The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
― The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
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