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You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.
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![F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1517864008i/3190._UX200_CR0,42,200,200_.jpg)
“He looked at her the way all women want to be looked at by a man.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
![John Hodgman](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1319089020i/13982._UX200_CR0,17,200,200_.jpg)
“Stories make sense when so much around us is senseless, and perhaps what makes them most comforting is that while life goes on and pain goes on, stories do us the favor of ending.”
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![Hervé Le Tellier](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1373842895i/4622980.jpg)
“There are some works so luminous...so powerful that they give us strength, and force us to new undertakings. A book can play this role.”
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![Richard Flanagan](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1205267208i/8864.jpg)
“A good book... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
![Holly Bourne](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1365526643i/6561227._UX200_CR0,23,200,200_.jpg)
“Everyone's on the cliff edge of normal. Everyone finds life an utter nightmare sometimes, and there's no 'normal' way of dealing with it... There is no normal, Evelyn.”
― Am I Normal Yet?
― Am I Normal Yet?
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