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Top Quotes from Top Books of All Time

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“Life is too short to be lived badly.”

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

Marjane Satrapi

“I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.”

Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

Lisa Kleypas

“A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.”

When My Name Was Keoko

Linda Sue Park

“I, Astaroth, Crown Prince of Hell, am in love with you, Layla Shaw. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow. A hudred decades from now, I will still be in love with you, and it will be as fierce today as it will be a decade later.”

Every Last Breath

Jennifer L. Armentrout

“CUSTOMER: Hi, I just wanted to ask: did Anne Frank ever write a sequel? BOOKSELLER: ........ CUSTOMER: I really enjoyed her first book. BOOKSELLER: Her diary? CUSTOMER: Yes, the diary. BOOKSELLER: Her diary wasn’t fictional. CUSTOMER: Really? BOOKSELLER: Yes... She really dies at the end – that’s why the diary finishes. She was taken to a concentration camp. CUSTOMER: Oh... that’s terrible. BOOKSELLER: Yes, it was awful - CUSTOMER: I mean, it’s such a shame, you know? She was such a good writer.”

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

Jen Campbell

“This should never have happened, Brishen. We were unimportant, you and I. We weren't supposed to mean anything to anyone." "Woman of day," he said slowly. "You mean everything to me.”

Radiance

Grace Draven

“The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence.”

The Passion According to G.H.

Clarice Lispector

“The moment I saw her, a part of me walked out of my body and wrapped itself around her. And there it still remains.”

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Arundhati Roy

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