“It was so much more complicated than it had to be, but the changeling had noted that this was true of every human biological function that wasn’t involuntary.”

Source: Camouflage (2004), Chapter 24 (p. 133)

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Richard Yates book Revolutionary Road

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“Note: 'family' does NOT only mean a biological unit composed of people who share genetic markers or legal bonds, headed by a heterosexual-mated pair. Family is much, much more than that.”

Laurie Halse Anderson (1961) American children's writer

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“She realized now that she knew little about people outside the courts of Nabban and Erkynland, although she had always thought herself a shrewd judge of humanity. However, it was a larger and much more complicated world on the other side of the castle walls than she had ever suspected.”

Tad Williams (1957) novelist

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“Life is still life. It’s still tough, complicated, and more than a little messy, with lessons to be learned, mistakes to be made, triumphs and disappointments to be had, and not every day is meant to be a party.”

Alyson Nöel book Dark Flame

Source: Dark Flame

“Even at 11, I had more foresight than Johnny Depp. I watched the movie on a continuous loop, studying Gene’s every mannerism, taking notes.”

Steven Crowder (1987) American actor

“If we had no faults, we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.”

François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Si nous n'avions point de défauts, nous ne prendrions pas tant de plaisir à en remarquer dans les autres.
Maxim 31.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

“Women were complicated creatures. Any man who thought he had one figured out simply wasn’t paying attention”

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Source: Mortal Danger