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"For life is an eternal shipwreck of our hopes."

“They were not farm men any more, but migrant men.”

"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?"

"Sorrow comes in so many ways."

"The Count of Monte Cristo bows to none but the Count of Monte Cristo himself. I do what I please, and it is always well done."

:o

"Does not life pass in waiting?"

"I wish your life may be so calm, so happy, and so fully occupied, that there may be no place for me even in your memory."

“Although many people would like to think of humans as observers of ecology, we are really participants in it, and the changes in the ecosystem are going to affect us.”

“Are we still friends?”
“What else could we be? Only friends know each other well enough to cause this kind of hurt.”

“The length of the straight line between two people who don’t dare admit they’re in love is infinite.”

"The timing of leaf drop, it seems, really is a question of character."

WHAT?!?!

this book is so ridiculous haha

“Why must mortals always be solving mysteries?
What is the point of life if everything is pinned and labelled in some display case?”

"When you are away, I no longer pray for myself, but for you."

"If you do it for long enough, it can become impossible to tell the difference between flying and falling."

“The oceans are in a state of emergency.”

"It was a fine May morning, and everything seemed hopeful."

"This wasn't how life was supposed to turn out."

“This country ain’t no good, but it’s my country. No, you all go ahead. I’ll jus’ stay right here where I b’long.”

Whelk snails eat by drilling holes into barnacles and then sucking out the insides :o

“Last times almost always came in disguise, never revealing who they were until they were gone and all you could do was miss them.”