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The boy felt jealous of the freedom of the wind, and saw that he could have the same freedom. There was nothing to hold him back except himself.
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho, pg 30

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Please blow your smoke elsewhere. My respiratory system, unfortunately, is below par. I suspect that I am the result of particularly weak conception on the part of my father. His sperm was probably emitted in a rather offhand manner.
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole, pg 324

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If it weren’t for her…

If it weren’t for her, there would never have been an empty space, or the need to fill it.
The History of Love - Nicole Krauss, pg 57

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He watched the scene and thought of life; and (as always happened when he thought of life) he became sad. A gentle melancholy took possession of him. He felt how useless it was to struggle against fortune, this being the burden of wisdom which the ages had bequeathed to him.
Dubliners “A Little Cloud” - [...]

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Popcorn

I just adored this moment of a few boys waiting for popcorn to pop.
Another photo from the series.

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Actually, it was not so much the speed that was impressive as the pure animal confidence, the total absorption in the moment. Such a mix of ease and concentration, such a being-in-the-present, would be the envy of the highest yogies.
Life of Pi - Yann Martel, pg. 182

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“Just the place to bury a crock of gold,” said Sebastian. “I should like to bury something precious in every place where I’ve been happy and then, when I was old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.”
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited pg 26

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Quack like a duck

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“As a mother, you should be interested in the traumas that have created my worldview.”
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole, pg. 19

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Mashi in a Mess

The pup in a mess in Jersey. Click below to see what kind of trouble she found herself in.

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