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“I’ve got selfish in my old age. I live as I like.”
― Margaret Drabble, The Dark Flood Rises

“It rains day and night, mildly but uncompromisingly, so Cal takes the desk inside and goes back to his wallpaper. He enjoys this rain. It has no aggression to it; its steady rhythm and the scents it brings in through the windows gentle the house’s shabbiness, giving it a homey feel. He’s learned to see the landscape changing under it, greens turning richer and wildflowers rising. It feels like an ally, rather than the annoyance it is in the city.”
― Tana French, The Searcher

“But the wicked have a different head for numbers than most. Any bad they do will end up on the side of never-mind. What’s done to them weighs double.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“We can all pause right here, raise our heads, take a breath and accept that This is happiness,”
― Niall Williams, This Is Happiness