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“When in doubt, say nothing and move on.”
― Rendezvous with Rama
― Rendezvous with Rama

“All men are liars, said Roberta Muldoon, who knew this was true because she had once been a man.”
― The World According to Garp
― The World According to Garp

“For the love of men like Fitzpiers is unquestionably of such quality as to bear division and transference. He had indeed once declared, though not to her, that on one occasion he had noticed himself to be possessed by five distinct infatuations at the same time. If this were true, his differed from the highest affection as the lower orders of the animal world differ from advanced organisms, partition causing not death but a multiplied existence.”
― The Woodlanders
― The Woodlanders

“The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone from each other. It is only the vividness of memory that keeps the dead alive forever; a writer’s job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as our personal memories. ”
― The World According to Garp
― The World According to Garp

“There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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