"I wanted to write you a story about magic. I wanted rabbits appearing from hats. I wanted balloons lifting you into the sky. It turned out to be nothing but sadness, war, heartbreak. You never saw it, but thereâ€™s a garden inside me."

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Source : Shane Jones (2010). “Light Boxes: A Novel”, p.54, Penguin

Shane Jones

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“Life is a series of tasks that you absolutely must get done before they don't matter any more.”
“Everyone ought to take every opportunity to blast lawyers.”
“When I look at asset prices; real estate, bonds, equities, vintage carsâ€¦ I think that gold is actually one of the few assets that is relatively cheap, relatively inexpensive.”
“No. Not really. A weapon didn't come to an agreement with the hand that held it.”
“Sink every impulse like a bolt. Secure The bastion of sensation. Do not waver Into language. Do not waver in it.”
“Once you want something, everything changes.”

Source : "Matched". Book by Ally Condie, November 30, 2010.
“How can kindliness rule that manWho eateth other flesh to increase his own?”
“It doesnâ€™t matter what anybody else thinks of your life. All that matters is what you think of it, and what you decide to make of it.”

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