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  • #1
    Ned Vizzini
    “Things to do today:
    1) Breathe in.
    2) Breathe out.”
    Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

  • #2
    Jacqueline Susann
    “I've got a library copy of Gone with the Wind, a quart of milk and all these cookies. Wow! What an orgy!”
    Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls

  • #3
    The world was hers for the reading.
    “The world was hers for the reading.”
    Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  • #4
    George R.R. Martin
    “Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

  • #5
    George R.R. Martin
    “When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.”
    George R.R. Martin

  • #6
    J.K. Rowling
    “Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
    "After all this time?"
    "Always," said Snape.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  • #7
    J.K. Rowling
    “The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  • #8
    “All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.”
    Gordie Howe

  • #9
    Rodney Dangerfield
    “I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.”
    Rodney Dangerfield

  • #10
    Andrew Solomon
    “Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.”
    Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

  • #11
    Stephen        King
    “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
    Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

  • #12
    Ned Vizzini
    “Life can't be cured, but it can be managed.”
    Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

  • #13
    William Goldman
    “This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.”
    William Goldman, The Princess Bride

  • #14
    Donna Tartt
    “Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
    Donna Tartt, The Secret History

  • #15
    Sarah   Williams
    “Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
    I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
    Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse

  • #16
    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

  • #17
    Christopher Moore
    “It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future, where is the dread? And without guilt and dread, who am I?”
    Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

  • #18
    Lorrie Moore
    “All the world's a stage we're going through.”
    Lorrie Moore, Anagrams

  • #19
    John Waters
    “If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
    John Waters

  • #20
    Jack Gilbert
    “Everyone forgets Icarus also flew.”
    Jack Gilbert, Refusing Heaven: Poems

  • #21
    Rick Riordan
    “Grover wore his fake feet and his pants to pass as human. He wore a green rasta-style cap, because when it rained his curly hair flattened and you could just see the tips of his horns. His bright orange backpack was full of scrap metal and apples to snack on. In his pocket was a set of reed pipes his daddy goat had carved for him, even though he only knew two songs: Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 12 and Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday," both of which sounded pretty bad on reed pipes.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #22
    Frank Zappa
    “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
    Frank Zappa

  • #23
    Warsan Shire
    “My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.”
    Warsan Shire

  • #24
    Zelda Fitzgerald
    “She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring.”
    Zelda Fitzgerald, The Collected Writings

  • #25
    Lemony Snicket
    “Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.”
    Lemony Snicket, When Did You See Her Last?

  • #26
    Louis L'Amour
    “Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.”
    Louis L'Amour, Matagorda/The First Fast Draw: Two Novels in One Volume

  • #27
    William Goldman
    “Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.”
    William Goldman, The Princess Bride

  • #28
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    “The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?”
    Percy Bysshe Shelley

  • #29
    Madeleine L'Engle
    “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

  • #30
    Nicholson Baker
    “I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
    Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist



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