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  • #1
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #2
    Lemony Snicket
    “Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters

  • #3
    Stephenie Meyer
    “He's like a drug for you, Bella.”
    Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse

  • #4
    Jane Austen
    “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
    Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

  • #5
    Jane Austen
    “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

  • #6
    Jane Austen
    “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

  • #7
    Jane Austen
    “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
    Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

  • #8
    Jane Austen
    “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

  • #9
    Jane Austen
    “I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
    Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Letters

  • #10
    Jane Austen
    “There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

  • #11
    Jane Austen
    “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?”
    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

  • #12
    Jane Austen
    “In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
    Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

  • #13
    Jane Austen
    “No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine... But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine...”
    Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

  • #14
    Tamora Pierce
    “You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him."
    "So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.”
    Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

  • #15
    Tamora Pierce
    “Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable.
    Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her? “People always forget the rest of the saying,” she complained. “‘And satisfaction brought it back.”
    Tamora Pierce , Trickster's Choice

  • #16
    Tamora Pierce
    “Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.”
    Tamora Pierce, Lady Knight

  • #17
    Tamora Pierce
    “If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught.”
    Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice

  • #18
    Tamora Pierce
    “Most humans think the appearance of quiet is quiet. They do not see that sometimes the enemy is as quiet as the serpent. Only when it has stolen all of their eggs will they know bad walks in the quiet as well as the noisy.”
    Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice

  • #19
    Tamora Pierce
    “And if wishes were pies, I`d weigh more than I do.
    Sir Myles of Barony Olau ”
    Tamora Pierce, Squire

  • #20
    Tamora Pierce
    “You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.”
    Tamora Pierce, Emperor Mage

  • #21
    Tamora Pierce
    “I think it's fair rude to make him a tree and not know what kind he is.”
    Tamora Pierce, Wolf-Speaker

  • #22
    Tamora Pierce
    “You know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart."

    "And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound. I'm so shallow I'm surprised I don't reflect myself.”
    Tamora Pierce, First Test
    tags: kel, neal

  • #23
    Tamora Pierce
    “My heart bleeds buttermilk.

    -Daine”
    Tamora Pierce

  • #24
    Tamora Pierce
    “When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Often I can stop laughing before they edge away and talk about soothing drinks.”
    Tamora Pierce, Squire

  • #25
    Tamora Pierce
    “Seniors get to do all the jolly things," Owen complained as they walked to archery practice that first day.

    Neal glared at the chubby second-year with all the royal disdain of a vexed lion. He was limping from a staff blow to the knee. "You are a bloody minded-savage," he informed Owen sternly. "I hope you are kidnapped by centaurs.”
    Tamora Pierce, Page

  • #26
    James  Patterson
    “Yes!” said Fang, punching the air. “Freaks rule.”
    James Patterson, The Angel Experiment

  • #27
    James  Patterson
    “You...are...a...fridge...with wings,' Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. 'We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.”
    James Patterson, School's Out—Forever

  • #28
    James  Patterson
    “Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely.
    Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken sandwich? You betcha.”
    James Patterson

  • #29
    James  Patterson
    “Did you know that wasn’t me, the other Max?” I asked.
    “Yeah.”
    “When?”
    “Right away.”
    “How?” I persisted. “We look identical. She even had identical scars and scratches. She was wearing my clothes. How could you tell us apart?”
    He turned to me and grinned, making my world brighter. “She offered to cook breakfast.”
    James Patterson, School's Out—Forever

  • #30
    James  Patterson
    “A friend of mine once defined love as finding someone you can talk to late into the night”
    James Patterson
    tags: love



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