“A bluebear has twenty-seven lives. I shall recount thirteen-and-a-half of them in this book but keep quiet about the rest. A bear must have his secrets, after all; they make him seem attractive and mysterious.”
― The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
― The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
“The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
“My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes, we simply have to believe.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
“With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music; a camel seems to progress to the beat of a drum played by a drunk.”
― The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
― The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
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