

“To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve felt the joy of life. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain

“So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are ignorant of the vast complexity of their own communication.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain

“There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain

“- "Why don't you like to be touched?"
- "Because I'm fifty shades of fucked-up, Anastasia”
― Fifty Shades of Grey
- "Because I'm fifty shades of fucked-up, Anastasia”
― Fifty Shades of Grey

“The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
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