logophilia

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

— Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer

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The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don’t need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.

—Nick Hornby, How to Be Good 

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For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.

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Ernest Hemingway once won a bet where he had to write a short story in six words. These were the six words.

How anyone could dispute this mans genius is beyond me.

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But i must admit i miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby. I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if i have hardly slept.

—Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters

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