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The secret to happiness…be satisfied and be grateful.

—Mitch Albom in Have a Little Faith

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I'm not sure anybody ever gets completely over their first love, and that still rankles. Part of me still wants to know what was wrong with me. What I was lacking.

—Stephen King in Joyland

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It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.

—Khaled Hosseini in The Kite Runner

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Don't be surprised by your greatness. Be surprised that no one expected it.

—Rebecca Maizel in Infinite Days

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I've never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love.

—Yann Martel in Life of Pi

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It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

—Oscar Wilde

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A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.

—Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say "I want to see the manager.

—William S. Burroughs

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Most people would rather be certain they're miserable than risk being happy.

—Robert Anthony

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Art is pattern informed by sensibility.

—Herbert Read

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I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.

—Mitch Hedberg

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They do not love that do not show their love.

—William Shakespeare

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And maybe that's love, too—feeling the other person's hurts like your own.

—Amy Engel in The Revolution of Ivy

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You will remember every day for the rest of your life because I was the one and you threw me away.

—Tarryn Fisher in The Opportunist

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A rare person could make you feel good when you knew you should feel bad.

—Bonnie R. Paulson in Spurs and Lace

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