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We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works. (Gabrielle Zevin)
When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life. View quote
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Daddy always said you only explained things to the people that actually mattered. View quote
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Did you know that there are over three hundred words for love in canine? View quote
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I'm allergic to sad memories. It's the worst. View quote
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If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz knows from experience, could be sooner than you thought. View quote
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Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road. For the record, that was something Daddy used to say. View quote
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On Elsewhere we fool ourselves into thinking we know what will be just because we know the amount of time we have left. We know this, but we never really know what will be. We never know what will happen. View quote
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A place isn't a place until it has a bookstore. View quote
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It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap. View quote
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What are you reading?" Owen asks. "Charlotte's Web," Liz says. "It's really sad. One of the main characters just died." "You ought to read the book from end to beginning," Owen jokes. "That way, no one dies, and it's always a happy ending. (Gabrielle Zevin)
Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't. View quote
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But I wondered if all this kissing was a bad habit with him and me. The thing we did with our mouths instead of talking. View quote
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There's a strange sort of quiet when you're dying. It's as if you're in a glass room, and the walls keep getting thicker and thicker. View quote
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Why do two people fall in love? It's a mystery. View quote
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Daddy once said, "If you don't know what you believe, Annie, you'll be a lost soul. View quote
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Hi there," squeaked a precocious little voice, "you are speaking to Chloe Fusakawa, and I have just learned how to answer the phone. View quote
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As many have discovered, it is entirely possible (although not particularly desirable) to love two people with all your heart. It is entirely possible to long for two lives, to feel that one life can't come close to containing it all. View quote
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But then again maybe "I will" is nicer. It has a future in it. View quote
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It was such a sweet, sad song with such sweet, sad lyrics. Old-fashioned a little, but also timeless. View quote
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When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright. (Gabrielle Zevin)
Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter. View quote
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Eye contact made people think you were being truthful even if you weren't. View quote
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The baby, a girl, is born at 6:24 a.m. She weighs six pounds, ten ounces. The mother takes the baby in her arms and asks her, "Who are you, my little one?" And in response, this baby, who is Liz and not Liz at the same time, laughs. View quote
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Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know. View quote
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