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“As Thoreau wrote, ‘It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“Sometimes life doesn’t let you choose your battles. Just the company you keep.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“A person was like a city. You couldn't let a few less desirable parts put you off the whole. There may be bits you don't like, a few dodgy side streets and suburbs, but the good stuff makes it worthwhile.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“For me, culture is as much about what we encourage as what we actually permit.” David asked what he meant by that, and Sune replied: “That most people don’t do what we tell them to. They do what we let them get away with.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“But it’s fitting in a way—Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter.”
― Lilac Girls
― Lilac Girls
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