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But lately he’d noticed an air of grace settling in his daughter. He wasn’t sure where it had come from—some girls grew into womanhood gracefully, others remained girls their whole lives—but it was there in Katie all of a sudden, a
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“Confucius say if man want to grow one row of corn, first must shovel one ton of shit.”
― Misery
― Misery
“Because the difference between seeing and not seeing can be the difference between living and dying.”
― The Drawing of the Three
― The Drawing of the Three
“Nature doesn’t see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That’s the beautiful simplicity of evolution. It matches design to environment.”
― Pines
― Pines
“There was a lot they didn’t tell you about death, she had discovered, and one of the biggies was how long it took the ones you loved most to die in your heart.”
― Lisey's Story
― Lisey's Story
“Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know.”
― The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
― The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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