“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“When we told our guide that we didn't want to go to all the tourist places he took us instead to the places where they take tourists who say that they don't want to go to tourist places. These places are, of course, full of tourists.”
― Last Chance to See
― Last Chance to See
“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“My God, a whole moment of happiness! Is that too little for the whole of a man’s life?”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“Perhaps the ache of homesickness was a fair price to pay for having so many good people in her life.”
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
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