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Life was often so cruel, so ugly. And then, in the midst of all the madness, a precious gift would be placed in your lap. Because life could also be so sweet.

—Wendy Higgins in Sweet Reckoning

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I don't remember why it all went so wrong. I mean, I do remember. I remember what I did. I just don't remember why anymore. This—you and me—this feels so right. It just seems stupid—so stupid—that we had it before, and we let it go.

—Elizabeth Noble in The Way We Were

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Some stories don't have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.

—Kristin Hannah in The Nightingale

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Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

—Aldous Huxley

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Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?

—George Wallace

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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

—Samuel Johnson

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In heaven all the interesting people are missing.

—Friedrich Nietzsche

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Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

—Anthony J. D'Angelo

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The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

—Max Eastman

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When you really love somebody, you stick with them through thick and thin and you'll do anything not to let that person go.

—Miranda Liasson in This Thing Called Love

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What made you happy once might not make you happy now.

—Jodi Picoult in Nineteen Minutes

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She was so tired of being considered disposable.

—Kristin Hannah in The Nightingale

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I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.

—Alan Hovhaness

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A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

—Alexander Pope

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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

—Robert Benchley

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