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André Aciman
“We had the stars, you and I. And this is given once only.”
André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

Rick Riordan
“Nothing lasts forever, not even the best machines. And everything can be reused.
- Hephaestus”
Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

Seneca
“It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough, and it has been given in sufficiently generous measure to allow the accomplishment of the very greatest things if the whole of it is well invested. But when it is squandered in luxury and carelessness, when it is devoted to no good end, forced at last by the ultimate necessity we perceive that it has passed away before we were aware that it was passing. So it is—the life we receive is not short, but we make it so, nor do we have any lack of it, but are wasteful of it. Just as great and princely wealth is scattered in a moment when it comes into the hands of a bad owner, while wealth however limited, if it is entrusted to a good guardian, increases by use, so our life is amply long for him who orders it properly.”
Seneca, On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It

Rick Riordan
“Tell the sun and stars hello for me.”
Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

William Styron
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

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