“To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person.”
― American Wife
― American Wife
“She was the reason I was a reader, and being a reader was what had made me most myself; it had given me the gifts of curiosity and sympathy, an awareness of the world as an odd and vibrant contradictory place, and it had me unafraid of its oddness and vibrancy and contradictions.”
― American Wife
― American Wife
“Don't misunderstand me. I am not scoffing at goodness, which is far more difficult to explain than evil, and far more complicated. But sometimes it's hard to put up with.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“Who knows if, upon reaching the age of twenty, I may find something there that will change my life? The night is promising and life is an unexpected guest.”
― Twelve Fingers: Biography of an Anarchist
― Twelve Fingers: Biography of an Anarchist
“Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested." The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
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