"He'd come back, all open and helpless, and I suppose that's what won her around in the end. But it was so sad, because it was being himself that he found so difficult to cope with."

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Source : Melvin Burgess (2010). “Smack”, p.278, Macmillan

Melvin Burgess

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“Art is the accomplice of love.”

Source : Remy de Gourmont (1921). “Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas”
“Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!”
“People must be realistic when evaluating their business.”
“I would never wound a cat's feelings, no matter how downright aggressive I might be to humans.”
“The other creatures with which we share this world have their rights too, but not speaking our language, they have no voice, no vote; it is our moral duty to take care of them.”

Source : Roger Tory Peterson (2007). “All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures”, p.271, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“My grandmother would croon over every scrap of meat on a sparerib like a medieval relic hunter musing on the knucklebone of a saint.”
“I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.”
“There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a father's love for his child.”

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