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“When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'.”
― Groucho Marx

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
― Albert Einstein

“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
― John Green

“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

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“I am haunted by humans.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“She wonders whether what comes next could ever live up to the expectations. She doesn’t know. You never can. She turns the page anyway.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

“Who's the literary nerd? The quoter or the one who recognizes the quote?”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

“When life gives you lemons, ask for chocolate instead!”
― Nashita

“Villains are always the villains if it is the "hero" telling the story.”
― Anonymous

“cozy+smell of pancakes-alarm clock=weekend”
― Amy Krouse Rosenthal, This Plus That: Life's Little Equations – A Warm and Delightful Picture Book About Creative Parts for Children

“I am a slow reader, and fast eater; I wish it were the other way around.”
― Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life

“Percy pulled Annabeth close and kissed her... long enough for it to get really awkward for Piper, though she said nothing. She thought about the old rule of Aphrodite's cabin: that to be recognized as a daughter of the love goddess, you had to break someone's heart. Piper had long ago decided to change that rule. Percy and Annabeth were a perfect example of why. You should have to make someone's heart whole. That was a much better test.
When Percy pulled away, Annabeth looked like a fish gasping for air.
'The Rivalry end here,' Percy said. 'I love you, Wise Girl.”
― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus