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New tastes are like new ideas, young man— the older you get, the more difficult they are for you to stomach.

Mistborn: The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson

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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Carl Sagan

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True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.

The book of tea, Kakuzo Okakura

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Women aren’t usually consulted on wars. We send our husbands and brothers and sweethearts to do the dying, hold the pieces together while they’re gone, then pick up what’s left when they come home—if they come home—but we’re seldom asked what we think.

The Echo of Old Books, Barbara Davis

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I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

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Perhaps romance always seemed a slightly foolish thing to everyone until one actually fell into it.

Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer

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Honor without compassion was meaningless. Duty without love was nothing. War without the purpose of peace was just empty bloodshed.

Troll Queen (Elven Alliance, book 4), Tara Grayce

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But I had absolutely lost all sense of personal dignity, and could not tear myself away from the spectacle of my own misery

Diary of a Superfluous Man, Ivan Turgenev

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“Men want power because it makes them feel good. Women want power because it lets us do things.

Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts), Carissa Broadbent

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Beauty is just like a book. Some will not bother to look beyond the cover; others will find the entire tome utterly captivating.

Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (Whimbrel House 1), Charlie N. Holmberg

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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.

The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

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We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.

Journey to the Center of the Earth, Julio Verne

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Hate is the most effective tool to loving. The more you hate what you're supposed to love, the more you crave loving, the more mediocre things you'll accept in its name.

The Writer Who Never Felt Love: a story, B. Sobreira

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“Life is too precious for regret,” he told her. “Remorse and forgiveness are important, yes, but not regrets. Because in the end, we affect each other in unforeseen ways. No one would have chosen the path you have walked. But if it had not been for all the misunderstandings, all the suffering, and yes, the betrayals, we would not be sitting here today.”

Traitor's Masque: The Andari Chronicles (A Retelling of Cinderella), Kenley Davidson

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Those who wanted too much were dangerous. Those who appeared not to want anything were much more so.

Blood Mercy (Blood Grace, book 1), Vela Roth

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There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

Emma, Jane Austen

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A woman doesn't necessarily mind being looked at. It's being mentally undressed that makes you nervous.

Cujo, Stephen King