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“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“What do you mean less than nothing? I don't think there is any such thing as less than nothing. Nothing is absolutely the limit of nothingness. It's the lowest you can go. It's the end of the line. How can something be less than nothing? If there were something that was less than nothing, then nothing would not be nothing, it would be something - even though it's just a very little bit of something. But if nothing is nothing, then nothing has nothing that is less than it is.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“(There’s an old saying in zero-g space travel: If you ever see a piece of chocolate floating around the cabin, don’t eat it. It’s probably not chocolate.)”
― Stuart Gibbs, Space Case

“I forked some of my enchiladas in my mouth, only to discover they weren't enchiladas. They were liver and onions that had been mislabeled. I spat it back onto the plate. Dr. Marquez pointed triumphantly. “Ah! See what you just did? You told me a lie, and your own body reacted violently against it. In being dishonest with me, you almost made yourself throw up.” “No, I almost threw up because this food sucks,” I countered. “It's liver and onions. I didn't like liver and onions back on earth. No one does. So what NASA moron thought it would be a good idea to dehydrate it?”
― Stuart Gibbs, Space Case

“Yes, we drink our own urine in space.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Space Case

“You can’t keep me here against my will!” he told Nina. “I am one of the most influential men on earth!” “I hate to break it to you,” Chang taunted, “but you’re not on earth anymore.” At”
― Stuart Gibbs, Space Case

“(There’s a rumor that World War III almost started when the computer in charge of the North American nuclear missile system misinterpreted a commander saying “I hate syrup” as “annihilate Europe.”)”
― Stuart Gibbs, Space Case

“Even though they are designed to be indestructible, they can still break.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Space Case

“Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Oh, here’s a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test? It reads, ‘What’s wrong with this statement?’ And do you know what Constance wrote in reply? She wrote, ‘What’s wrong with you?”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“And please don't call me that."

I didn't call you 'that', I called you George Washington.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Children are capable of such open rudeness.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Why, then, do you think the white player might have done it?”

Reynie considered. He imagined himself moving out his knight only to bring it right back to where it started. Why would he ever do such a thing? At last he said, “Perhaps because he doubted himself.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Life was a big thing to live without a map.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood

“She talked like a woman who knew more books than people.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood

“Everyone is supposed to be a combination of nature and nurture, their true selves shaped by years of friends and fights and parents and dreams and things you did too young and things you overheard that you shouldn’t have and secrets you kept or couldn’t and regrets and victories and quiet prides, all the packed-together detritus that becomes what you call your life.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood

“I remembered less from my own life than I did from the books I read.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood

“Look until the leaves turn red, sew the worlds up with thread. If your journey's left undone, fear the rising of the sun.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood

“Hell is caring about other people.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood

“Life never turns out how you imagine it will when you’re young. Everything is smaller than you think, or too big. It all smells a little funny and fits like somebody else’s shirt.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
― Mother Theresa

“You can have it all. Just not all at once.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ”
― Coco Chanel

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison