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She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.


“Who was it that said that coincidence was just God’s way of remaining anonymous?”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“There were undoubtedly those to whom killing was easy and pleasurable: he had met a few such. Millions had been successfully trained to end others' lives; he, Strike, was one of them. Humans killed opportunistically, for advantage and in defense, discovering in themselves the capacity for bloodshed when no alternative seemed possible; but there were also people who had drawn up short, even under the most intense pressure, unable to press their advantage, to seize the opportunity, to break the final and greatest taboo.”
― The Silkworm
― The Silkworm

“Survival is insufficient.”
― Station Eleven
― Station Eleven

“A life without love is like a tree without fruit.”
― Doctor Sleep
― Doctor Sleep

“Well—I have to say I personally have never drawn such a sharp line between ‘goodâ€� and ‘badâ€� as you. For me: that line is often false. The two are never disconnected. One can’t exist without the other. As long as I am acting out of love, I feel I am doing best I know how. But you—wrapped up in judgment, always regretting the past, cursing yourself, blaming yourself, asking ‘what if,â€� ‘what if.â€� ‘Life is cruel.â€� ‘I wish I had died instead of.â€� Well—think about this. What if all your actions and choices, good or bad, make no difference to God? What if the pattern is pre-set? No no—hang on—this is a question worth struggling with. What if our badness and mistakes are the very thing that set our fate and bring us round to good? What if, for some of us, we can’t get there any other way?”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch

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