It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.

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I absolutely love this book. That's it. That's the post. Oh, wait. Here's a quote :
"Why is straight the default? Everyone should have to declare one way or another, and it shouldn't be this big awkward thing whether you're straight, gay, bi or whatever"
Another one?
"That awkward moment when you realize you‘ve been making gay jokes in front of your gay kid for the last 17 years."
Just read this book already. Thanks.

Birthday Girl by Murakami
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"That‘s because you‘ve already made your wish." ??

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
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"Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you."

Sura-na Bheda Pramaana Sunaavo;
Bheda, Abheda, Pratham kara Jaano.
Show me that you can divide the notes of a song;
But first, show me that you can discern
Between what can be divided
And what cannot.
—An anonymous musical composition inspired by a classical Sanskrit poem

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“You‘re better than waffles, Matthias Helvar.”
A small smile curled the Fjerdan‘s lips. “Let‘s not say things we don‘t mean, my love.”

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Van Eck‘s gaze locked on his. “You‘ve seen what this drug can do. I assure you it is just the beginning. If jurda parem is unleashed on the world, war is inevitable. Our trade lines will be destroyed, and our markets will collapse. Kerch will not survive it. Our hopes rest with you, Mister Brekker. If you fail, all the world will suffer for it.”
“Oh, it‘s worse than that, Van Eck. If I fail, I don‘t get paid.”

Life can throw you major curveballs, but it‘s rare you can do much more than duck.

What‘s the point of being immortal badasses if we have sagging tits?
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Reading Crescent City.

The grate beneath it offered a perfect view of Per Haskell‘s office. She felt slightly guilty for eavesdropping on Kaz, but he was the one who had turned her into a spy. You couldn‘t train a falcon, then expect it not to hunt.

Van Eck‘s gaze locked on his. “You‘ve seen what this drug can do. I assure you it is just the beginning. If jurda parem is unleashed on the world, war is inevitable. Our trade lines will be destroyed, and our markets will collapse. Kerch will not survive it. Our hopes rest with you, Mister Brekker. If you fail, all the world will suffer for it.”
“Oh, it‘s worse than that, Van Eck. If I fail, I don‘t get paid.”

She enjoyed people—she really did—she just needed to take them in homeopathic doses; a little of the poison was a cure.

She sometimes made lists of things she‘d already done solely so she could cross them off, which she couldn‘t help feeling was pretty pathetic but strangely satisfying. :")

She was small and slender and gave the overall impression of a baby deer, until she spoke and you realized you‘d been looking at a fox all along. As her good friend Leah once said, she wasn‘t mean; she was painfully accurate.