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“Religion is something between you and other people; it’s full of interpretations and theories and opinions. But faith . . . that’s just between you and God.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“Either way, he figured a cup of coffee would hit the spot. For what is more versatile? As at home in tin as it is in Limoges, coffee can energize the industrious at dawn, calm the reflective at noon, or raise the spirits of the beleagured in the middle of the night.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Never trust people who don't have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“He smiled. “I guess somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty.”
― Lilac Girls
― Lilac Girls
“The very worst events in life have that effect on a family: we always remember, more sharply than anything else, the last happy moments before everything fell apart.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
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