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“May life suddenly open on the wing of a butterfly fluttering over a rhyme for those who do not care about meaning.”
― Mahmoud Darwish, Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems

“I do hope that some day I shall have a white dress. That is my highest ideal of earthly bliss.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“Moreover, my policy at the time was that, when confronted by two courses of action, one should always choose the less conservative and more generous. I thought this was tantamount to a moral obligation for anyone who had any advantages at all, and especially for anyone who wanted to be a writer.”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

“In fact I had no such interest, but I knew it was wrong to do things just because other people did. Other people couldn't be the reason why you did anything.”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot