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"Maybe their sorrow should have brought the two men closer. But sorrow is unreliable in that way. When people don't share it there's a good chance that it will drive them apart instead."

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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"All people want to live dignified lives, dignity just means something different to different people."

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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"It is difficult to admit that one is wrong. Particularly when one has been wrong for a very long time."

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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"You miss the strangest things when you lose someone. Little things. Smiles. The way she turned round in her sleep. Even repainting a room for her."

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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उसकी दुर्बलता में कुछ बल नज़र आता है,

मदहोशी में भी थोड़ा होश नज़र आता है।

उसकी खुशियों की रजाई गम के धागे से सिली हुई है,

और गुस्से की आग में भी प्यार की काठी जली हुई है।

Athena

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"निठल्ले की डायरी", हरिशंका परसाई

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...for sorrow will often do one of two things—it will either release the springs of inspiration, or else it will dry up those springs completely

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

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Ullu le,

ullu le Ullu le,

ullu le Ullu le,

ullu le Ullu le,

ullu le

(hoot hoot hoot) 🦉🦉

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"अक्टूबर जंक्शन" दिव्य प्रकाश दूबे द्वारा

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"They go on—they mean nothing at all, and yet they go on..."

The Well of Loneliness

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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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"...of all the hardships a person had to face none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting"

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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"Her eyes had read meaning into what was random body posture captured in a single moment of time"

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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"Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in."

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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"Don't be morbid, life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall"

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald