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“Men are what they are because of what they do. Not what they say.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“You should regard each meeting with a friend as a sitting he is unwittingly giving you for a portrait — a portrait that, probably, when you or he die, will still be unfinished.”
― Lud-in-the-Mist
― Lud-in-the-Mist
“You know... no matter what you do, people are going to expect you to be someone you're not. But if you're clever and lucky and work your butt off, then you get to be surrounded by people who expect you to be the person you wish you were.”
― All the Birds in the Sky
― All the Birds in the Sky
“Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
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