“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
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― Letter to My Daughter
“That's right, I am a book kisser.”
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― The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
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