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“I like revisiting, at certain times, spots where I was once happy; I like to shape the present in the image of the irretrievable past.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, White Nights

“The dreamer—if you want an exact definition—is not a human being, but a creature of an intermediate sort.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, White Nights

“I wished it was raining," he said.
"I don't need the rain," I said. "I need you.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Cubitum eamus?"
"What?"
"Nothing.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“The living bird is not its labeled bones.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin