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    William Wordsworth
    “And now I see with eye serene
    The very pulse of the machine
    A being breathing thoughtful breath
    A traveler betwixt life and death
    The reason firm the temperate will
    Endurance Foresight Strength and skill”
    ― William Wordsworth
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    “Tis the night—the night
    Of the grave's delight,
    And the warlocks are at their play;
    Ye think that without,
    The wild winds shout,
    But no, it is they—it is they!”
    ― Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Halloween: A Romaunt
    tags: halloween
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    Frank Herbert
    “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi
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    Michael Swanwick
    “So she asked, “If you’re a machine, then what is your function? Why were you made?”

    “To know you. To love you. And to serve you.”
    ― Michael Swanwick, Tales of Old Earth
    tags: science-fiction, short-story
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “I want you to know,” Noah said, pressing the carved bone against his Adam’s apple, hard, as if it
    would squeeze the words from him, “I was … more … when I was alive.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
    tags: noah-czerny, the-raven-boys
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    Frank Herbert
    “What do you despise? By this are you truly known.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: muad-dib, princess-irulan
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    Frank Herbert
    “There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: death, legacy, life, muad-dib, philosophy, truth, wisdom
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    Frank Herbert
    “He who controls the spice controls the universe.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: commodity, economics, science-fiction, spice, supply-chain
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    Frank Herbert
    “Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: fear, self-knowledge
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    Frank Herbert
    “Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: critical-thinking, depression, despair, leadership, strategy
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    Frank Herbert
    “There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “Gansey had once told Adam that he was afraid most people didn't know how to handle Ronan. What he meant by this was that he was worried that one day someone would fall on Ronan and cut themselves.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
    tags: urban-fantasy, young-adult
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
    tags: adam, gansey, power, raven-boys
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “You missed World Hist."
    "Did you get notes for me?"
    "No. I thought you were dead in a ditch.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
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    Donna Tartt
    “Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
    ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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    Donna Tartt
    “It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
    ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “The way Gansey saw it was this: if you had a special knack for finding things, it meant you owed the world to look.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “Adam's response was buried in the sound of the first-story door falling open. Noah slouched in. In a wounded tone, he said, "He threw me out the window!"

    Ronan's voice sang out from behind his closed door: "You're already dead!”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves
    tags: funny, humor, noah-czerny, ronan-lynch
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  • #19
    Maggie Stiefvater
    “He mumbled, "I'd ask you out, if I was alive."

    "I'd say OK," she replied.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves
    tags: blue-sargent, noah-czerny
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    M.L. Rio
    “What is more important, that Caesar is assassinated or that he is assassinated by his intimate friends? … That,’ Frederick said, 'is where the tragedy is.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
    tags: betrayal, if-we-were-villains, julius-caesar, m-l-rio, murder, shakespeare, tragedy
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    M.L. Rio
    “We’re only ever playing fifty percent of a character. The rest is us, and we’re afraid to show people who we really are. We’re afraid of looking foolish if we reveal the full force of our emotions.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
    tags: acting, actor, true-self
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    M.L. Rio
    “When it was his turn to speak I watched him closely, uncertain whether he was acting only, or if he and I were both gnashing secrets between our teeth.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
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  • #23
    “Is your learning curve a horizontal line?”
    ― Nora Sakavic, The King's Men
    tags: andrew-minyard, neil-josten
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  • #24
    “Who said 'please' that made you hate the word so much?"
    Andrew gazed at him in silence for a minute. "I did.”
    ― Nora Sakavic, The King's Men
    tags: abuse, child-abuse, heartbreaking, sexual-abuse
    557 likes

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  • #25
    “God damn it, Minyard. This is why we can't have nice things.”
    ― Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court
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  • #26
    “It’s not the world that’s cruel. It’s the people in it.”
    ― Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court
    tags: andrew-minyard, neil-josten
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “My words are unerring tools of
    destruction, and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “How do you feel about helicopters?"
    There was a long pause. "How do you mean? Ethically?"
    "As a mode of transportation."
    "Faster than camels, but less sustainable.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
    tags: adam, blue, helicopters, lol
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  • #29
    Frank Herbert
    “The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: dune
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  • #30
    Frank Herbert
    “Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: duke-leto-atreides
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