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Richard Russo

"If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life."

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"If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life."

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Amber Hurdle

"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

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"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"

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Amber Hurdle

"Eleanor had never thought about killing herself " ever " but she thought a lot about stopping."

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"No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it."

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"An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind."

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"Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting."

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"The question isn't who will be with me in life, rather how will I create the ending I am proud of?"

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Amber Hurdle

"If you have never met a woman that would never give up, then you have never met a woman that has seen miracles."

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"People who truly live their lives don't have time to complain or judge others. They're too busy enjoying life and love and everything in between!"

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"Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum."

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"A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing."
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"When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again."
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"I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because I've got other stories to tell."
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