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Book Cover for: Travels with Charley: In Search of America, John Steinbeck

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

John Steinbeck
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Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans –John Steinbeck (Travels with Charley: In Search of America) #quotes #montana #travel

Paperback, 1980

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Book Cover for: Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo
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When we get our money, you can burn kruge to keep you warm. ""I'm going to pay someone to burn my kruge for me. ""Why don't you pay someone else to pay someone to burn your kruge for you? That's what the big players do. –Leigh Bardugo (Six of Crows) #quotes #kaz #jesper #rich

Paperback, 2018

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Book Cover for: Ordinary People, Judith Guest

Ordinary People

Judith Guest
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People use people according to their own needs. Or don't use them. When a primary need is one of safety. –Judith Guest (Ordinary People) #quotes #people #judith_guest #needs

Paperback, 1982

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Book Cover for: A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara
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I know my life's meaningful because"- and here he stopped, and looked shy, and was silent for a moment before he continued- "because I'm a good friend. i love my friends, and I care about them, and I think I make them happy. –Hanya Yanagihara (A Little Life)

Paperback, 2016

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Book Cover for: Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami
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I have a lot more patience for others than I have for myself, and I am much better at bringing out the best in others than in myself. That's just the kind of person I am. I'm the scratchy stuff on the side of the matchbox. –Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)

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Book Cover for: All the Bright Places, Jennifer Niven

All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven
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I don't know what brings you up here, but to me the town looks prettier and the people look nicer and even the worst of them look almost kind. –Jennifer Niven (All the Bright Places) #quotes #atbp #inspirational

Paperback, 2016

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Book Cover for: Every Day, David Levithan

Every Day

David Levithan
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I want to say more, but don't know what the words are supposed to be. I feel such a tenderness for these vulnerable night time conversations, the way words take a different shape in the air when there's no room in the air. –David Levithan (Every Day)

Paperback, 2013

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Book Cover for: Culture and Value, Ludwig Wittgenstein

Culture and Value

Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Ideas too sometimes fall from the tree before they are ripe. –Ludwig Wittgenstein (Culture and Value) #quotes #inspiration #writing #art

Paperback, 1984

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Book Cover for: No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai
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I have sometimes thought that I have been burdened with a pack of ten misfortunes, any one of which if borne by my neighbor would be enough to make a murderer out of him. –Osamu Dazai (No Longer Human) #quotes #sadness #murder #depression

Hardcover, 2022

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Book Cover for: Foundation, Isaac Asimov

Foundation

Isaac Asimov
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Married life had taught Toran the futility of arguing with a female in dark-brown mood. He shrugged, and left her. –Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Empire) #quotes #marriage

Paperback, Mass Market, 1991

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