“Stories are wild creatures, the monster said. When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak?”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”
― The Help
― The Help
“That's right,' she told the girls. 'You are bored. And I'm going to let you in on a little secret about life. You think it's boring now? Well, it only gets more boring. The sooner you learn it's on you to make life interesting, the better off you'll be.”
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
“She laughed. It was better than he could have imagined. Like a giggle falling off its chair.”
― Attachments
― Attachments
“A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
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