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  • #1
    M.L. Rio
    “You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
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    M.L. Rio
    “For someone who loved words as much as I did, it was amazing how often they failed me.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
    tags: words
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    M.L. Rio
    “How tremendous the agony of unmade decisions.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
    tags: decisions
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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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  • #5
    M.L. Rio
    “Actors are by nature volatile—alchemic creatures composed of incendiary elements, emotion and ego and envy. Heat them up, stir them together, and sometimes you get gold. Sometimes disaster.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
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  • #6
    M.L. Rio
    “The things about Shakespeare is, he's so eloquent...he speaks the unspeakable. He turns grief and triumph and rapture and rage into words, into something we can understand. He renders the whole mystery of humanity comprehensible.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
    tags: shakespeare
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  • #7
    M.L. Rio
    “I don't know, it's like I look at you and suddenly the sonnets makes sense. The good ones, anyway.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
    tags: mystery
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  • #8
    M.L. Rio
    “For us, everything was a performance.” A small, private smile catches me off guard and I glance down, hoping he won’t see it. “Everything poetic.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
    tags: drama, language, theater
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  • #9
    M.L. Rio
    “Do you blame Shakespeare for any of it?”
    The question is so unlikely, so nonsensical coming from such a sensible man, that I can’t suppress a smile. “I blame him for all of it.”
    ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains
    tags: literary-fiction, mystery, mystery-thriller, thriller
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  • #10
    Lancali
    “Time will cease, disease will fester, and death will die.”
    ― Lancali ., I Fell in Love With Hope
    tags: poetic-prose
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  • #11
    Lancali
    “Time, Disease, and Death are the greatest thieves in the world.”
    ― Lancali ., I Fell in Love With Hope
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  • #12
    Lancali
    “A chronic illness is not difficult to live with because it is endless. It is difficult to live with because it is unpredictable.”
    ― Lancali ., I Fell in Love With Hope
    tags: chronic-illness
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  • #13
    James Dashner
    “Kill me. If you’ve ever been my friend, kill me.”
    ― James Dashner, The Death Cure
    tags: newt, thomas
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  • #14
    James Dashner
    “It's kind of hard to ask a dead guy what he did wrong.”
    ― James Dashner, The Maze Runner
    tags: minho, the-maze-runner
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  • #15
    James Dashner
    “KILL ME!" And then Newt's eyes cleared, as if he'd gained one last trembling gasp of sanity, and his voice softened. "Please, Tommy. Please."
    With his heart falling into a black abyss, Thomas pulled the trigger.”
    ― James Dashner, The Death Cure
    tags: a-true-friend
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  • #16
    James Dashner
    “I promised him!" he screamed, realizing even as he did so that his voice was laced with something wrong. Almost insanity. "I promised I'd save him, take him home! I promised him!”
    ― James Dashner, The Maze Runner
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  • #17
    J.K. Rowling
    “Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
    "Yes."
    "You called her a liar?"
    "Yes."
    "You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"
    "Yes."
    "Have a biscuit, Potter.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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  • #18
    J.K. Rowling
    “He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: humor, shampoo
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  • #19
    J.K. Rowling
    “I DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!"
    "You do care," said Dumbledore. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. His expression was calm, almost detached. "You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: ache, death, dumbledore, harry-potter, hurt, life, pain
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  • #20
    J.K. Rowling
    “You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style...”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: dumbledore, fudge, minister, style
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  • #21
    Rick Riordan
    “I had become one with the plumbing.”
    ― Rick Riodan, The Lightning Thief
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  • #22
    “Great power comes with a great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
    ― Rick Riodan
    tags: nico-di-angelo-rick-riodan-hoo
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  • #23
    “Bob says hello”
    ― Rick Riodan
    tags: greek-mythology
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  • #24
    Rick Riordan
    “Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
    tags: deadlines, humor, procrastinate
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  • #25
    Rick Riordan
    “Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot."
    "He's the sun god," I said.
    "That's not what I meant.”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse
    tags: apollo, gods, hot, olympians, percy-jackson, sun, thalia
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  • #26
    Rick Riordan
    “Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?"
    "Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?"
    "Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse
    tags: humor, true-love
    5845 likes



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