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“And is an ending always bad? it asked. Must not all things, even worlds, someday end?"There is no need to hasten that end," Vin said. "No reason to force it."All things are subject to their own nature, Vin, Ruin said, seeming to flow around her. She could feel its touch upon her - wet and delicate, like mist. You cannot blame me for being what I am. Without me, nothing would end. Nothing could end. And therefore, nothing could grow. I am life. Would you fight life itself?”
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“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.”
Source : M. L. Stedman (2012). “The Light Between Oceans”, p.323, Simon and Schuster
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“I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.”
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“God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine.”
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“It hurts because it mattered.”
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“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.”
Source : E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.209, Cornell University Press
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“Promising to bring home a feed of fish is the absolute kiss of death to any chances of catching anything but a large heap of derision when you get home.”
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“Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.”