“Oskar's particular blessings are blessings that only a major cosmopolitan city can bestow on a refugee. They represent all our potential to survive and even thrive in the face of great loss.”
― Oskar and the Eight Blessings
― Oskar and the Eight Blessings
“Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.”
― Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
― Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
“In the morning they found that the remnants had been cleared, leaving only a circle of black ash to scar the grass. In the months and years that followed even that would fade.”
― Blood Song
― Blood Song
“What we think to be our greatest weakness can sometimes be our biggest strength. And that the most unlikely person can alter the course of history.”
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
“And a town not too far from where you live has a law that bars me from coming within five miles of its borders”
― A Series of Unfortunate Events Collection #1-3 with Bonus Material: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window
― A Series of Unfortunate Events Collection #1-3 with Bonus Material: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window
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