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“I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.”
― Gone with the Wind
― Gone with the Wind
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― Oryx and Crake
“All he’d ever wanted was for nothing to ever change. Or for things to change only in the right ways, improving little by little, day by day, forever.”
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― The Art of Fielding
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― The Poisonwood Bible
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