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John IrvingA Prayer for Owen Meany

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If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

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It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.

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The way you remember or dream about your loved ones - the ones who are gone - you can't stop their endings from jumping ahead of the rest of their sto...

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The time to read Madame Bovary is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you will believe that your future relationships will have dis...

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You can learn a lot from your lovers, but-for the most part-you get to keep your friends longer, and you learn more from them.

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In a school community, someone who reads a book for some secretive purpose, other than discussing it, is strange. What was she reading for?