“And though in the clockless, temperature-controlled casino night, words like 'day' and 'Christmas' were fairly meaningless constructs, 'happiness,' amidst the loudly clinked glasses, didn't seem quite such a doomed or fatal idea.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“I would prefer death to this cage, to the twisted obsession of a mad boy king.”
― King's Cage
― King's Cage
“Sandy knew her plan was shit. But sometimes better ideas grew out of bad ones. Shit makes good fertilizer, her Gramps used to say, and a wrong track can lead to a new perspective, and a better path.”
― Eden's Endgame
― Eden's Endgame
“Sadly, to deny one’s negative emotions is to deny many of the feedback mechanisms that help a person solve problems.”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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