Complete short stories 2/4 - Bilingual quotes that celebrate the beauty of language, showcasing meaningful expressions in two unique perspectives.

Complete short stories 2/4 - Bilingual quotes that celebrate the beauty of language, showcasing meaningful expressions in two unique perspectives.

The book "Complete Short Stories 2/4" offers a rich collection of narratives that showcases the author's ability to capture complex human emotions and experiences. Within these stories, readers encounter a variety of characters, each dealing with their unique circumstances. The settings range from the mundane to the extraordinary, providing a vibrant backdrop against which the characters' internal struggles and triumphs unfold.

Throughout the collection, themes of love, loss, and the passage of time emerge prominently. Each story serves as a reflection of different aspects of life, revealing the beauty and heartache inherent in everyday moments. The author's style is both poignant and evocative, making it easy for readers to connect with the characters on a personal level.

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Small towns are like metronomes; with the slightest flick, the beat changes.
by Mitch Albom
Look, if you say that science will eventually prove there is no God, on that I must differ. No matter how small they take it back, to a tadpole, to an atom, there is always something they can't explain, something that created it all at the end of the search. And no matter how far they try to go the other way – to extend life, play around with the genes, clone this, clone that, live to one hundred and fifty – at some point, life is over. And then what happens? When the life comes to an end? I shrugged. You see? He leaned back. He smiled. When you come to the end, that's where God begins.
by Mitch Albom
You say you should have died instead of me. But during my time on earth, people died instead of me, too. It happens every day. When lightning strikes a minute after you are gone, or an airplane crashes that you might have been on. When your colleague falls ill and you do not. We think such things are random. But there is a balance to it all. One withers, another grows. Birth and death are part of a whole.
by Mitch Albom
My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?
by David Mitchell
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.
by David Mitchell
Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.
by David Mitchell
The nun said, I can forgive the language. I'm not sure I can forgive your making an obscene gesture at your mother. Ya gotta know her, Holland said. If you knew her, you'd give her the finger, too.
by John Sandford
Travel far enough, you meet yourself.
by David Mitchell
The pollenless trees were genomed to repel bugs and birds; the stagnant air reeked of insecticide.
by David Mitchell
But an ink brush, she thinks, is a skeleton key for a prisoner's mind.
by David Mitchell