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“And these blast points, too accurate for Sand People. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise.”
― Ryder Windham, Star Wars: The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi

“To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“When you spend so long trapped in darkness, Lucien, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“A story is a largely false account of largely trivial events, fed to us by historians who are largely idiots.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Sezon burz

“It’s good to feel fear. If you feel fear it means there’s something to be feared, so be vigilant. Fear doesn’t have to be overcome. Just don’t yield to it. And you can learn from it.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms

“Anxiety is never irrational, Geralt thought to himself. Aside from psychological disturbances. It was one of the first things novice witchers were taught. It’s good to feel fear. If you feel fear it means there’s something to be feared, so be vigilant. Fear doesn’t have to be overcome. Just don’t yield to it. And you can learn from it.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms

“Time to ride, Dandelion."
"Where to?"
"Isn't it all the same?"
"Yes, by and large. Let's go".”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Sezon burz

“not all of us were drawn to Prince Charming. Some little girls ate up the stories of ball gowns and castles and knights who slayed the dragon . . . While some little girls read the stories of a dark pathway into the woods . . . a twisted mansion with black windows and fog covering the grounds . . . That’s where we wanted to go. No matter what we might find inside . . .”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I do not love men: I love what devours them. That actually makes me laugh. I haven’t laughed in some time.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Sometimes you have to kill what you love.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Tell me you’re mine . . .” he hisses. “Tell me I can do whatever I want to you . .”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“I’m engulfed in jealousy. Inflamed with it. It’s a bonfire all around me, and I’m a heretic tied to the stake, burning and burning and burning.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Love is inherently dangerous.”
― Sophie Lark, There Are No Saints

“Some mistake has been made: I died, heaven exists, and they let me in.”
― Sophie Lark, There Is No Devil

“He had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“I mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don't want to be sane.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“She smiled again. "Do you like cat?" she said.
"Yes," said Richard. "I quite like cats."
Anaesthesia looked relieved. "Thigh?" she asked, "or breast?”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“It sounded like a piece of blackboard being dragged over the nails of a wall of severed fingers.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“Mind the gap!”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“How old are you?" asked Door. Richard was pleased she had asked; he would never have dared.
"As old as my tongue," said Hunter, primly, "and a little older than my teeth.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“So, you figure they won't notice you're back?" sneered the marquis. "Just, 'oh look, there's another angel, here, grab a harp and on with the hosannas'?”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“ 'Door,' called Richard. 'Don't do it. Don't set it free. We don't matter.'

'Actually,' said the marquis, 'I matter very much. But I have to agree. Don't do it.' ”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“Because,' she said, 'when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?'
'Cats don't have names,' it said.
'No?' said Coraline.
'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had never seemed so world.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“The cat wrinkled its nose and managed to look unimpressed. "Calling cats," it confided, "tends to be a rather overrated activity. Might as well call a whirlwind.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“It wasn’t that she didn’t like people. It was only that she liked books more.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

“I want to slap him. But the asshole would probably like it, and then turn around and slap me back. And my dumbass self would probably like it, too.”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline