“The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
“But in a story, which is a kind of dreaming, the dead sometimes smile and sit up and return to the world.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“You see, we cannot draw lines and compartments and refuse to budge beyond them. Sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping-stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.' He paused, considering what he had just said. 'Yes', he repeated. 'In the end, it's all a question of balance.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
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