What's real and what's not? People we meet in books-- Holden Caulfield, Captain Ahab, Huckleberry Finn, Harry Potter, Bilbo and Gandalf and Frodo-- can become more memorable, and more important to us than people with birth certificates and drivers' licenses. Characters spawned in an author's imagination find a home inside us. They make our lives richer. They become our best friends. They never disappoint. And they never die. Michael R. French
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More Quotes By Michael R. French
  1. Faith is the ability to endure.

  2. Rationality and calm self-determination were one of the great illusions of the universe... in the end, we were all ruled by our passions.

  3. Falling in love is more than infatuation. It is the need to feel whole, to feel safe, to be healed, to join together with someone, heart and soul.

  4. Adversity does more than build character. It changes the way we see the world.

  5. Albert Einstein was never clear if he believed in time travel, but had he raised a toddler, he certainly would have.

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