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“Love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow — beautiful while it’s there, and just as likely to have disappeared by the time you blink.”
― My Sister's Keeper
― My Sister's Keeper
“When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“Buster was Rant was Buddy. Chester was Chet was Dad. Irene was Mom was Reen. How folks lay claim to their loved ones is they give you a name of their own. They figure to label you as their property.”
― Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
― Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
“Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does.”
― The Hunger Games
― The Hunger Games
“We had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth. There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things left undone that day. Things that did not go right, things that seemed okay at that time because we could not see the future. If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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