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A roll of the dice will never abolish chance.
- Stéphane Mallarmé

I consider my work optimistic in that the people, during the period I’m writing about them, are experiencing intense emotion. It is my belief that this is all there is to it.
- Don Carpenter

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.
- Ben Okri

I am a citizen of the world.
- Sylvia Beach

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
- Daphne du Maurier

Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.
- Rob Reiner

The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, that I thought I was in a dream.
- Jack Kerouac

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.
- Clare Boothe Luce

You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...
- Keri Hulme

Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.
- Jeffrey Eugenides

See, the night doth enfold us! See, all the world lies sleeping!
- Giacomo Puccini

You never realize how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.
- Tom Wolfe