

“Don’t interrupt,â€� one of the boys said. ‘He’ll lose his life.â€�
Seeing it was a matter of life and death, Sophie and Michael backed toward the door. But Howl, quite unperturbed at killing his nephew, strode over to the wall and pulled the boxes up by the roots.”
― Howl’s Moving Castle
Seeing it was a matter of life and death, Sophie and Michael backed toward the door. But Howl, quite unperturbed at killing his nephew, strode over to the wall and pulled the boxes up by the roots.”
― Howl’s Moving Castle
“Hey, the truth is, if a Wookiee started going to the school all of a sudden, I'd be curious, I'd probably stare a bit! And if I was walking with Jack or Summer, I'd probably whisper to them: Hey, there's the Wookiee. And if the Wookiee caught me saying that, he'd know I wasn't trying to be mean. I was just pointing out the fact that he's a Wookiee.”
― Wonder
― Wonder
“Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul.”
― A Child Called "It"
― A Child Called "It"

“he began to feel that she was very lonely indeed. “If he’d been here,â€� she said, “those cowards would never have dared to insult me.â€� She thought about “himâ€� with great sadness and perhaps longing--about his honest, stupid, constant kindness and fidelity; his never-ceasing obedience; his good humour; his bravery and courage. Very likely she cried, for she was particularly lively, and had put on a little extra rouge, when she came down to dinner.”
― Vanity Fair
― Vanity Fair

“She felt a stealing sense of fatigue as she walked; the sparkle had died out of her, and the taste of life was stale on her lips. She hardly knew what she had been seeking, or why the failure to find it had so blotted the light from her sky: she was only aware of a vague sense of failure, of an inner isolation deeper than the loneliness about her.”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth
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