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‘A memory is a place you visit, not where you live. Happiness therefore is not a permanent state of being, but more a moment in time.
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Daphne du Maurier
“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”
Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

M.R. Carey
“It’s not just Pandora who had that inescapable flaw. It seems like everyone has been built in a way that sometimes makes them do wrong and stupid things.”
M.R. Carey, The Girl with All the Gifts

Karen Joy Fowler
“Sometimes you best avoid talking by being quiet, but sometimes you best avoid talking by talking.”
Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Margaret Atwood
“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye

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