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“Isn’t that evil’s greatest achievement? It often hides itself in innocence?”
“She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. - Mrs. Whatsit”
― A Wrinkle in Time
― A Wrinkle in Time
“People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“What is the point of worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one's life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment.”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
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