“Sometimes,” he said, “I think life is just one long series of blown opportunities.”
Jack McDevitt (1935) American novelist, Short story writer
Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Deepsix (2001), Chapter 22 (p. 327)
“Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.”
Source: Bridge to Terabithia
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American children's writer born and mainly raised in China 1932Related quotes
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