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My Friends

by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 12, 2026 11:10AM

“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”
― Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

tags: fallibility, humor

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“I wish we lived in a world where actions were measured by the intentions behind them. But the truth is, they’re measured by their consequences.”
― Blake Crouch, The Last Town

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“We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.”
― Anne Enright, The Gathering

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“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

tags: chocolate, food, humor

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“For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

tags: god, prayer, religious, sorrow

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