Amor Towles

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In our twenties, when there is still so much time ahead of us, time that seems ample for a hundred indecisions, for a hundred visions and revisions—we draw a card, and we must decide right then and there whether to keep that card and discard the next, or discard the first card and keep the second. And before we know it, the deck has been played out and the decisions we have just made will shape our lives for decades to come

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If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us...then there wouldn't be so much fuss about love in the first place

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That's the problem with living in New York. You've got no New York to run away to

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That's how quickly New York City comes about - like a weather wane - or the head of a cobra. Time tells which

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That's the problem with being born in New York, the old newsman observed a little sadly. You've got no New York to run away to