

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people's lives, never your own.”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot

“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth

“Your problems are out there. But they're small. They only grow out of proportion when they climb inside your head.”
― Looking for Alibrandi
― Looking for Alibrandi

“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth

“The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
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