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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Good. Proud. I am scary space monster. You are leaky space blob.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“When stupid ideas work, they become genius ideas.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Man cannot be freed by the same injustice that enslaved it.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“The measure of a man is what he does when he has power.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“Funny thing, watching gods realize they’ve been mortal all along.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“I am the Reaper and death is my shadow.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“The basis of all human fears, he thought. A closed door, slightly ajar.”
― Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot

“If a fear cannot be articulated, it can’t be conquered.”
― Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot

“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Never underestimate the big importance of small things”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“She realised that you could be as honest as possible in life, but people only see the truth if it is close enough to their reality.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“You’re overthinking it.’ ‘I have anxiety. I have no other type of thinking available.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Regrets don’t leave. They weren’t mosquito bites. They itch for ever.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Why want another universe if this one has dogs?”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Librarians have knowledge. They guide you to the right books. The right worlds. They find the best places. Like soul-enhanced search engines.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Fear was when you wandered into a cellar and worried that the door would close shut. Despair was when the door closed and locked behind you.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“There is no rejection, there is only redirection.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Love isn’t something you can cup in your hands, and I have to believe that means it’s something that can’t ever be lost.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“There’s an old saying about stories, and how there are always three versions of them: yours, mine, and the truth.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“I feel like you’re mine. Like you’re mine in a way no one else ever has been.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“Then again, maybe love was always a gift. The only thing that couldn’t be bought or sold or bartered for.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“That’s the deal with people. They’re always more than one thing, and a lot of times they’re even a collection of contradictory traits.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“Life is so complicated. And I think it’s human nature to try to untangle those complications. We want everything to make sense. And that’s okay. It’s a worthy pursuit.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“The way some women so willingly compromised every ounce of themselves in the name of building a life for themselves that they didn’t enjoy.”
― Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear

“And please give my husband a spine. I’m tired of him needing to borrow mine.”
― Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear

“A voice in my head, echoing softly: America hates angry women. The Lord hates angry women. You hate angry women. Do not be an angry woman.”
― Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear