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Afra’s Quotes

“Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flappers and Philosophers

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“I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.”
― Gail Carriger, Timeless

tags: gossip, humor

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“I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flappers and Philosophers

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“That's the secret. If you always make sure you're exactly the person you hoped to be, if you always make sure you know only the very best people, then you won't care if you die tomorrow.”
― Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I'm Home

tags: death-and-dying

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“The words you can’t find, you borrow.
We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.
My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.
We are not quite novels.
The analogy he is looking for is almost there.
We are not quite short stories. At this point, his life is seeming closest to that.
In the end, we are collected works.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

tags: we-are-what-we-read

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