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“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

“NO reader has ANY obligation to an author, whether it be to leave a review or to write a "constructive" one. I put out a product. You are consumers of that product. Since when does that mean you have to kiss my ass? Hey, I like Pop-Tarts and eat them a few times a year; since when does that mean I'm obligated to support Kellogg's in any way except legally purchasing the Pop-Tarts before I eat them? I wasn't aware that purchasing and consuming a product meant I was under some sort of fucking thrall in which I'm only allowed to either praise the Pop-Tart (which to be honest isn't hard, especially the S'mores flavor) or, if I am going to criticize a flavor, offer a specific and detailed analysis as to why, phrased in as inoffensive and gentle a manner as possible so as not to upset the gentle people at Kellogg's."

[Something in the Water? (blog post; January 9, 2012)]”
― Stacia Kane

“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”
― Joseph Campbell

“Jared?” His fingers were playing gently in my curls.
“Yes?” I was more than halfway asleep, perfectly warm and content, back in my own bed. With him.
“Say it for me.”
“You’re heavy.”
“No.”
“You’re a manipulative bastard.”
“No.” He was laughing.
“You’re right.”
He gave one hard tug on my hair. “That’s not it either.”
“I love you?”
He sighed contentedly. “That’s the one.”
― Marie Sexton, Promises

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“The number of people who believe a thing has no bearing upon its truth.”
― Marie Sexton, Promises

“First, you don't have to be smart to read books. Lots of idiots read books. Trust me, the ability to read does not necessarily mean the ability to think.”
― Marie Sexton, A to Z

“Church doctrine has no place in secular law. You can't take away people's rights to meet your own religious criteria.”
― Marie Sexton, Between Sinners and Saints

“just because it offends you doesn't mean it violates your rights. You don't have a right to not be offended”
― Marie Sexton, Between Sinners and Saints

“Has it ever occurred to you," she asked Rachel, "that the constitutional amendment protecting your right to follow Mormon doctrine is the same amendment that's supposed to protect everybody else from being forced to live according to your religious beliefs?”
― Marie Sexton, Between Sinners and Saints

“The only thing you can do is decide how to live your own life. And to hell with everybody else”
― Marie Sexton

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
― Neil Gaiman

“We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.”
― Sinclair Lewis

“How do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Say nothing at all for months on end, then kill me dead in three sentences?”
― Garrett Leigh, Only Love

“My mum always used to say you couldn't see where you were going until you'd come to terms with where you'd been.”
― Garrett Leigh, Only Love

“There’s no past tense when you lose someone, Jed. You just keep on loving them.”
― Garrett Leigh, Only Love

“His eyes blazed at me, but it was the best kind of heat. He smiled, and for the first time in my life I believed that, for him, I could be more than I’d ever dreamed.”
― Garrett Leigh, Slide

“I wanted to wrap my bones around him and never let go.”
― Garrett Leigh, Slide

“Haven’t you learned you should never judge a book by its cover? There is a lot of assumptions you’ve made based on appearance.”
― S.J.D. Peterson, BAMF

“Every book is a revolution. Books are our ticket out of boredom, despair, loneliness—but also ignorance.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Sleigh Ride

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
― Stephen Hawking

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.”
― E.M. Forster

“I like cats. They don't care if you love Jesus.”
― Miss Merikan, Split: Coffin Nails MC

“When I look at your stones, I remember.” Jace glances over to Annie, Mum, and finally Dad. “I remember what each of these stones mean because I was with Cooper for a lot of them. Falling in love with him.”
― Anyta Sunday, rock

“Have you ever felt so full of thoughts you think you could burst?”
― Anyta Sunday, Rock

“- You can't expect me to follow you into the bush in the middle of the night
- And yet, here you are.”
― Anyta Sunday, Rock

“The light is a funny thing, Grant. We think it shows us what we need to see, but in reality, it blinds us. That’s why I brought you here. I wanted you to see me.”
― Adrienne Wilder, In the Absence of Light

“Love is easy." He traced my eyebrow with his thumb.

"Trust is what's hard. Broken hearts can be fixed. Broken trust?" His touch followed a tear down my cheek to my lips.

"Trust doesn't heal. Your parents broke your trust when you were really young, it changed you, it took something away. Then the one time you let trust grow, you thought it had been broken again. That's where it can be tricky, because sometimes trust feels broken when it's only a little dented up.”
― Adrienne Wilder, In the Absence of Light