The Tin Men
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Rowe was certainly less clever than himself, and it had come to the point, Goldwasser tacitly admitted, where he found it definitely helpful to his morale to talk to people he was absolutely sure were less clever than he was. Not stupid
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“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”
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“A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different. It can give you the feeling that you belong to the past as well as the present, and it can help you realize that your present will someday be someone else’s past. This may be disheartening, but it can also be strangely consoling at times.”
― Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books
― Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books
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