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The Sweet Far Thing

Libba Bray

Top 10 Best Quotes

“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.”

“People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept.”

“Do you ever feel that way?" "Lonely?" I search for the words. "Restless. As if you haven't really met yourself yet. As is you'd passed yourself once in the fog, and your heart leapt - 'Ah! There I Am! I've been missing that piece!' But it happens too fast, and then that part of you disappears into the fog again. And you spend the rest of your days looking for it." He nods, and I think he's appeasing me. I feel stupid of having said it. It's sentimental and true, and I've revealed a part of myself I shouldn't have. "Do you know what I think?" Kartik says at last. "What?" "Sometimes, I think you can glimpse it in another.”

“I am a jumble of passions, misgivings, and wants. It seems that I am always in a state of wishing and rarely in a state of contentment.”

“It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.”

“There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.”

“When I dream, I dream of him. For several nights now he’s come to me, waving from a distant shore as if he’s been waiting patiently for me to arrive. He doesn’t utter a word, but his smile says everything: I’ve missed you.”

“Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains.”

“I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.”

“We sit and listen and are enthralled anew, for good stories, it seems, never lose their magic.”

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Book Keywords:

revelation, restless, gemma-doyle, change, kartik, lost, libba-bray, suffering, power, wisdom, self-discovery, crying, gemma, epiphany, lonely, found, proverb

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