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  • #1
    Nicholas Sparks
    “Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.”
    Nicholas Sparks, At First Sight

  • #2
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
    "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #3
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #4
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “The Road goes ever on and on
    Down from the door where it began.
    Now far ahead the Road has gone,
    And I must follow, if I can,
    Pursuing it with eager feet,
    Until it joins some larger way
    Where many paths and errands meet.
    And whither then? I cannot say”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #5
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Short cuts make long delays.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #6
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    J.R.R Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #7
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “And now leave me in peace for a bit! I don't want to answer a string of questions while I am eating. I want to think!"

    "Good Heavens!" said Pippin. "At breakfast?”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #8
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “It would be the death of you to come with me, Sam," said Frodo, "and I could not have borne that."

    "Not as certain as being left behind," said Sam.

    "But I am going to Mordor."

    "I know that well enough, Mr. Frodo. Of course you are. And I'm coming with you.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #9
    J.K. Rowling
    “One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #10
    J.K. Rowling
    “We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  • #11
    Agatha Christie
    “The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”
    Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express

  • #12
    Agatha Christie
    “Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking."
    "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.”
    Agatha Christie, Peril at End House

  • #13
    Agatha Christie
    “You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.”
    Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

  • #14
    Agatha Christie
    “One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.”
    Agatha Christie

  • #15
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • #16
    Charles William Eliot
    “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
    Charles W. Eliot

  • #17
    J.K. Rowling
    “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #18
    J.K. Rowling
    “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #19
    J.K. Rowling
    “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #20
    J.K. Rowling
    “You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid-we know we're called Gred and Forge.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #21
    J.K. Rowling
    “Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”
    J.K. rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #22
    J.K. Rowling
    “There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.”
    J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #23
    J.K. Rowling
    “Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #24
    J.K. Rowling
    “I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #25
    J.K. Rowling
    “Fred, you next," the plump woman said.
    "I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can't you tell I'm George?"
    "Sorry, George, dear."
    "Only joking, I am Fred," said the boy and off he went.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #26
    J.K. Rowling
    “Harry -- yer a wizard.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #27
    Diana Wynne Jones
    “If I give you a hint and tell you it's a hint, it will be information.”
    Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

  • #28
    Diana Wynne Jones
    “I think we ought to live happily ever after," and she thought he meant it. Sophie knew that living happily ever after with Howl would be a good deal more hair-raising than any storybook made it sound, though she was determined to try. "It should be hair-raising," added Howl.
    "And you'll exploit me," Sophie said.
    "And then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me.”
    Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

  • #29
    Diana Wynne Jones
    “Really, these wizards! You'd think no one had ever had a cold before! Well, what is it?" she asked, hobbling through the bedroom door onto the filthy carpet.
    "I'm dying of boredom," Howl said pathetically. "Or maybe just dying.”
    Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

  • #30
    Diana Wynne Jones
    “Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!”
    Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle
    tags: howl



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