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"In my life, the one thing I have learned above all is that no individual can reach the height of their potential without the love of others. We are not meant to be alone, Shahrzad. The more a person pushes others away, the clearer it becomes he is in need of love the most"

-Musa, The Wrath and the Dawn, Renée Adhieh

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"I promise I will repay you."

"Oh yeah?.... With what?"

The smile stayed on his lips. "Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of things long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief"

-Gavriel and Tana, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black

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"Sometimes it seems there is no explanation as to why the things are happening... why life's moments of luck and pain arrive in clusters. All we can do is observe the pattern, the rhythm, and then live it"

-Tom Hazard, How to Stop Time, Matt Haig

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"I think the more you feel, the fewer words there are to describe it. It's as if the words don't do it justice; you can only write what is already dead in your heart"

-Toby Ellis, An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason, Virginia Boecker

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"We're told the most powerful words in the world are 'I love you.' And while I think those are powerful, I think equally powerful is this phrase: I have started to know you, and I want to know more"

-Someone, Someday, David Levithan

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“You have to look at the world like- you get one shot in it, and at the end you’re going to have to look back and see whether you said all you needed to say and gave it back to the world to hear, or if you just let that thing shrivel up inside you to die with you”

-Vivian Ho, Picture Us In the Light, Kelly Gilbert

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“Don’t feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy”

-Tamlin, A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J Maas

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“The thing I realize is, that it’s not what you take, it’s what you leave”

-Violet Markey, All the Bright Places, Jennifer Niven

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“The whole point of life is learning to live with the consequences of the bad decisions we’ve made”

-Caleb Malphas, Infamous, Sherrilyn Kenyon

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“The world is neither kind nor is it cruel. It simply is. We have the ability to view it however we choose”

-Thomas Cresswell, Hunting Prince Dracula, Kerri Maniscalco

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“The great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody”

-Theodore Finch, All the Bright Places, Jennifer Niven

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“Are those bugs?”

“Yes,” Bane said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. “The baddest ass in all the universe is attacking us with big giant bugs. Help me I’m being clobbered by a flee. Quick, Malphas, fetch the raid”

11/10 this was hands down the best part of Chonicles of Nick

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I love Jem so much

“There is more to life than not dying”

-James Carstairs, Clockwork Princess

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“Pick on someone your own size,” Cassian said to Amren, shoving roast chicken into his mouth.

“I’d feel bad for the mice,” Azriel muttered

10/10 one of the best scenes in ACOFAS