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“But then, this was what the desert did to us. It made us dreamers with weapons.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, Traitor to the Throne

“Ahmed would tell me that an eye for an eye would make the whole world blind. Shazad would tell me that was why you had to stab people through both eyes the first time around.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, Traitor to the Throne

“Drop the gun, Bandit.” Malik sneered. “There’s only one man who gets to call me that,” I said. “And you’re not near as good-looking as him.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, Traitor to the Throne

“Once there was a boy from the sea who fell in love with a girl from the desert.
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But he wondered if a boy from the sea and a girl from the desert could ever survive together. He feared that she might burn him alive or that he might drown her. Until finally he stopped fighting it and set himself on fire for her.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, Hero at the Fall

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I am made of memories.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Tell me you hate me, that I am your worst enemy. Better yet, tell me you don't want to kiss me.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Be a little kinder than you have to.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“Do not accept an evil you can change.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“Always do what you're afraid to do.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“Here I am frozen, when I deserve to burn.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“One day, she ventured to the palace library and was delighted to find what good company books could be.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“Be a little kinder than you have to.
Never eat anything bigger than your ass
Do not accept an evil you can change
Always do what your afraid to do”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“I think an inspirational quote can get you through hard times.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“A part of me died,” he says. “And it was the best part.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“Be normal, now. Right now. Because you are. Because you can be.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“Age is a meaningless commodity in most instances.”
― Lois Lowry, A Summer to Die

“He withdrew, murmuring "to hell with you".
And added, brightly, "but then you’re there, aren’t you".”
― Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

“AM will be all the madder for that. It makes me a little happier. And yet … AM has won, simply … he has taken his revenge … I have no mouth. And I must scream.

(Page 13).”
― Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream