Petting dogs was good for people; it was a scientific fact. Burt was a wise man, too, in his way. All animals are.
“Time works so hard for us, if only we can let it.”
― The Likeness
― The Likeness
“In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“Human beings, as I know better than most, can get used to anything. Over time, even the unthinkable gradually wears a little niche for itself in your mind and becomes just something that happened.”
― In the Woods
― In the Woods
“Love’s pure free joy when it works, but when it goes bad you pay for the good hours at loan-shark prices.”
― The Bone Clocks
― The Bone Clocks
“Her only friends on the estate were books, and books can talk but do not listen.”
― The Bone Clocks
― The Bone Clocks
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