“I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, he say, the more I love.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“He had to the full the courage of his lack of convictions.”
― Tales of Men and Ghosts
― Tales of Men and Ghosts
“There's always a reason for wanting to get out of life—the wonder is that we find so many for staying in!”
― Tales of Men and Ghosts
― Tales of Men and Ghosts
“The more you get to know someone, the more there is to dislike. If you get to know them well enough, you hate them.”
― Only Forward
― Only Forward
“I suppose a cry does us all good at times—clears the air as other rain does.”
― Dracula
― Dracula
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