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The Lincoln Highway

by Amor Towles (Goodreads Author)

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Manuel’s Quotes

“Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.”
― Lawrence Ferlinghetti

tags: lyricism, poetry

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“The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters”
― Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

tags: inspirational

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“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”
― Socrates

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

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“People Underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing”
― John Porter

tags: inspirational-quotes

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