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But sometimes you can't figure everything out because you can't ever really understand other people. You can't understand why they do what they do. You just have to accept a little mystery, Ben. People are mysterious, the world is mysterious. You can't know everything. You're not supposed to. This isn't a history book. It's just the world. It's a messy place.

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An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate, fear, repulsion - you feel these things in your muscle and bones, not just in your mind.

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No one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed

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The act does not create guilt unless the mind is also guilty.

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The interior of a teenager's mind is an endless war between Stupid and Clever.

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There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.

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We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.

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There are many more ways to be attractive than to be beautiful.

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William Landay

William Landay
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Born: 1963 (age 62)
Bio: William Landay is an American novelist.
Known for:
  1. Defending Jacob (2012)
  2. Mission Flats (2003)
  3. The Strangler (2007)
  4. Requiem dla Bostonu

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