"No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone who will love it as much as we do"

-- Ann Patchett

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“If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.”
“Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there.”
“Mapping out dozens of deeply focused trips around the world has convinced me that preparation no more spoils the chance for spontaneity and serendipity than discipline ruins the opportunity for genuine self-expression in sports, acting, or the tea ceremony.”
“Hopelessly uneconomic on any substantial scale, since it requires a conventional power back-up for when the wind stops blowing, forests of wind turbines are rightly regarded in most countries as an environmental monstrosity.”
“I haven't had sex in eight months. To be honest, I now prefer to go bowling.”
“But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave.”
“She tossed her towel on her dresser and turned to the bed where shed left her PJs. Only it wasn't just her PJs on the bed anymore. Lucas, eyes wide, sat on the foot of her bed, about four feet from where she stood completely naked. She squealed. He laughed. She dashed for the towel. Once she had it around her, she glared from a still grinning Lucas to the door. "I'm killing Della!" He laughed again. "I'm afraid I might have to protect her for this one.”
“Shun delays, they breed remorse;Take thy time while time is lent thee;Creeping snails have weakest force,Fly their fault lest thou repent thee.Good is best when soonest wrought,Linger'd labours come to nought.”

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