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"Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people's lives, never your own.
~ Flaubert's Parrot" — Jun 16, 2013 09:18am
"Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people's lives, never your own.
~ Flaubert's Parrot" — Jun 16, 2013 09:18am
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"The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing. ~ Ronnie Barker" — Jun 16, 2013 09:16am
"The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing. ~ Ronnie Barker" — Jun 16, 2013 09:16am
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is on page 15 of 272 of Through the Window: Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people's lives, never your own.
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is on page 66 of 432 of Faust: The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing. ~ Ronnie Barker
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“The way you wear your hat,
The way you sip your tea,
The mem'ry of all that --
No, no! They can't take that away from me!”
― Ira Gershwin
The way you sip your tea,
The mem'ry of all that --
No, no! They can't take that away from me!”
― Ira Gershwin
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
“Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you're nobody-but-yourself.”
― E.E. Cummings
― E.E. Cummings
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