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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“Books may well be the only true magic.”
― Alice Hoffman

“If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Carl says you’ll have a blast!” my mom yells from the boat just before the engine revs to life. “Carl can suck it,” I mutter, waving at her.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, A Not-So Holiday Paradise

“Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.”
― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?”
― Brigham Young

“It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.”
― Brigham Young

“He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary.”
― Brigham Young

“If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!”
― Brigham Young

“True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing whats right.”
― Brigham Young

“Learn to be good for something.”
― Brigham Young

“The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle everyday.”
― Brigham Young

“If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requirement in my life, or in regard to my own course, or that of my friends, my family, my children, or those that I preside over, and get no answer from Him, and then do the very best that my judgement will teach me, He is bound to own and honor that transaction, and He will do so to all intents and purposes.”
― Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Volume 3

“We are in a great school, and we should be diligent to learn, and continue to store up the knowledge of heaven and of earth, and read good books, although I cannot say that I would recommend the reading of all books, for it is not all books which are good. Read good books, and extract from them wisdom and understanding as much as you possibly can, aided by the Spirit of God. (JD 12:124)”
― Brigham Young

“If you are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.”
― Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Volume 9

“If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.”
― Brigham Young

“I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.”
― Brigham Young