“The only way to really understand what money means is to have been poor,”
― The Dutch House
― The Dutch House
“She said the lottery was like love. Providence was not with her, but she was patient.”
― Breath, Eyes, Memory
― Breath, Eyes, Memory
“Negative liberty,” he said, “is the freedom from external obstacles or constraints.”
― Educated
― Educated
“Alice tried not to think too hard about the previous evening. She had once been told by her favorite aunt that the best way to get through life was not to dwell on things so she packed those events into a suitcase, and shoved it to the back of a mental cupboard,”
― The Giver of Stars
― The Giver of Stars
“Dad was talking loudly, at a volume that would have suited a mountainside but was thunderous in the small restaurant.”
― Educated
― Educated
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