“Only library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the power good stories hold over us.”
― ’Salem’s Lot
― ’Salem’s Lot
“Ruth said, "Love isn't just wanting another person the way you want to own an object you see in a store. That's just desire. You want to have it around, take it home and set it up somewhere in the apartment like a lamp. Love is"-she paused, reflecting-"like a father saving his children from a burning house, getting them out and denying himself. When you love you cease to live for yourself; you live for another person.”
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
“The things I do for love...”
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“You shouldn't be frightened so easily. Or life is going to be too much for you.”
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
“The basis of all human fears, he thought. A closed door, slightly ajar.”
― 'Salem's Lot
― 'Salem's Lot
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