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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

“Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?'
Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
"Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

“Just because something seems impossible doesn’t make it untrue,”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“As far as I can tell there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning year after year...One is fear. The other is desire.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Se Souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir: Remember the past, and that there is a future.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“My ideas about vampires may be romantic, but your attitudes toward women need a major overhaul.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“A ma vie de coer entier.
Mon debut et ma fin.
Se souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir.

My whole heart for my whole life.
With an alpha and an omega: my beginning and my end.
Remember the past, and that there is a future.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Scholars do one of two things when they discover information that doesn't fit what they already know. Either they sweep it aside so it doesn't bring their cherished theories into question or they focus on it with laserlike intensity and try to get to the bottom of the mystery.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Be yourself-- Matthew Clairmont. Complete with your sharp vampire teeth and your scary mother, your test tubes full of blood and your DNA, your infuriating bossiness and your maddening sense of smell.”
― Deborah Harkness

“There is more to the game than protecting your queen" Hamish said. "Why do you find it so difficult to remember that it's the king who's not expendable?"
"The king just sits there, moving one square at a time.The queen can move so freely. I suppose I'd rather lose the game than forfeit her freedom”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Turn to me with all your heart. Do not refuse me because I am dark and shadowed. The fire of the sun has altered me. The seas have encompassed me. The earth has been corrupted because of my work. Night fell over the earth when I sank into the miry deep, and my substance was hidden.” The Moon Queen held a star in one outstretched palm. “From the depths of the water I cried out to you, and from the depths of the earth I will call to those who pass by me,” I continued. “Watch for me. See me. And if you find another who is like me, I will give him the morning star.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Decide what to do to survive, and do it.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“I’ve seen courage like yours before—from women, mostly.” Matthew continued as if I hadn’t spoken. “Men don’t have it. Our resolve is born out of fear. It’s merely bravado.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Elle a plus de courage que j’ai pensé.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Her bark is worse than her bite.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Once the world was full of wonders, but it belongs to humans now. We creatures have all but disappeared; daemons, vampires and witches. Hiding in plain sight, fearful of discovery, ill at ease even with each other.
But as my father used to say:
In every ending, there is a new beginning.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Everybody thinks the library is just a building, but it isn’t.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches