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"The scar remains a badge of bravery and disobedience, a memento of my childhood when I made discoveries on my own, ones so exciting they overrode caution."

+"It fulfills a deep and instinctive urge to plug into the rhythms of what is happening around us. It makes us part of something larger and gives us a sense of our place on earth."

"I think the most basic reason we enjoy birdwatching (and the same reason we enjoy other outdoor hobbies like gardening and fishing) is that it directs our attention outside, where we see the sunrise, feel cool mist or hot sun, watch an approaching storm, get bitten by mosquitoes, taste wild blackberries, and so on."

"Books can be mirrors for whoever holds them, and people don't always like what they see."

"Atonement is like that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that nobody ever really finds."

"Changing love into hate is a much easier trick than turning water into wine."

"The only good thing about losing everything, is the freedom that comes from having nothing left to lose."

"Is disinterest a form of neglect? Robin thinks so."

"It's hard when the highlight of someone's career comes right at the beginning of it. Sometimes it's best to start small- give yourself room to grow."

"Feeling needed isn't the same as feeling loved, but it's close enough to remind me of who we used to be."

"She didn't understand back then, but not everyone wants to be set free."

"Silence cannot be misquoted."

"One bad decision often leads to another and then, before you know it, there is no way back to where you were."

"It seems that genuine friends are even harder to come by when you're famous."

"'It is said that the Seine is the only river in the world that runs between two bookshelves,' you said, and you held my hand."

"Sometimes home is more of a memory than a place."

"That's the biggest problem with people nowadays:they dont appreciate what they have,they always want more.They dont want to work for it.They dont want to earn it.And they bitch&moan like spoilt brats when they dont get their own way.Too many people think the world owes them something,& blame others for their own poor life choices.And everyone thinks they can just run away if things dont go according to their plans."

"But memories don't take orders; they come and go as they please."

"And books are good at hiding all kinds of things, especially closed books, just like closed people."

" 'We don't all want to rule the world, some of us just want to make it a better place.' "

"I wonder if all writers are ego maniacs with low self- esteem?"

"Life makes other plans when people forget to live. Weeks turned into months, and months turned into years, and when what happened, happened, she knew she couldn't leave."

"But not everything that gets broken can be repaired."

"People should be more careful what they wish for."

"Enjoy the stories of other people's lives, but don't forget to live your own."

"spending more time together isn't always the same as spending less time apart."

"Affection is like playing the piano and you can forget how to do it without practice."

"If we play the same characters for too long in a marriage, isn't it inevitable that we'll get bored of the story and give up, or switch off before we reach the end?"

"All people are addicts, and all addicts desire the same thing: an escape from reality."

"Life is all about choices, and learning how to put ourselves back together when we fall apart."