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1 " Reading for enjoyment won't die altogether, but this Ereader device has the potential to repel those less imaginative from fiction. And that could have an undesirable domino effect. "
― S.A. Tawks , The Spirit of Pessimism (The Spirit of Imagination, #2)
2 " With a little bit of spirit in her system to help her weave the lies and facts together, Emily told the partial truth. "
3 " The only thing more interesting than the truth is fiction dressed up as the truth. "
4 " Be warned, reader. Once seen, something cannot be unseen and once read, something cannot be unread. What lies ahead can be the future of spirit but the future of spirit can also be what lies inside your head. "
5 " If that's the example you want set, you be the example. "
6 " I tried to kill myself when I was thirteen but failed. That was the greatest failure of my life. "
7 " Young lovers. If you get it right, it's amazing what you can share. The challenging part is maintaining it. "
8 " No one knows if something works until it actually works. That's why you must always try. "
9 " Fear doesn't gain respect. It just makes people do what you want to shut you up and get you away from them. "
10 " Maybe I am just an old fool with foolish thoughts, but those foolish thoughts allow this old fool to sleep quite comfortably at night. "
11 " Embrace what works and discard what doesn't. "
12 " You may not have finished today but the work you did got you closer than if you would have done nothing. "
13 " Don't dare try to be heroes. "
14 " You've got to try and not let it keep you down. Sure, let it hurt but don't let it harm you. "
15 " I don't claim to know everything, Wally. I only claim that everything can eventually be known. "
16 " Perhaps this new kind of reading will appeal to us after we give it a try. "
17 " Band together with the brothers and sisters of misery and never stray. You are the integral part of the deeply depressed. We found you. Hooray. "
18 " One shot is all anyone needs if they back themselves and do it right. "
19 " Emily wondered whether Artie would be so carefree if he knew The Book Club was performing grand theft imagination. "
20 " Men cannot be nice and kind to a woman and have no affection for them. "