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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

“If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth: the mythic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about those life-communities that define our own identity, and the most specific truth of all: our own self-story. Fiction, because it is not about someone who lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself. --From the Introduction”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

“I think it's possible to learn. The problem is that we learn so damned slowly, so that by the time you've realized something, it's too late.”
― Jo Nesbø, Panserhjerte

“If you ain’t scared… you ain’t human.”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

“We are the choices we make.”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“Here's what I think," I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my noise like whispers of truth. "I think maybe everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking."
I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening.
"I think the asking is whether we get back up again.”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“We learn from failure, not from success!”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. It’s poison every single time.”
― Addison Moore, Ethereal

“When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response.
The gray area between yes and no.
Silence.”
― Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

“Ābele ir zelts, zeme ir zelts, zelts ir trūdi, cilvēks ir zelts un sudrabs sakausējumā, valoda ir sudrabs, sudrabs ir pelni, rudens ir bronza, bronza ir māli.”
― Inga Žolude, Sarkanie bērni

“Ģimene ir vērtība, ja tajā aug bērni. Divi vien - tā nav nekāda ģimene, tas ir darījums.”
― Inga Žolude, Sarkanie bērni

“Līdz nāves stundai mēs tapsim pārbaudīti, un būs daudz gadījumu, kad nenosargāsim un noskatīsimies savos nevarēšanas augļos. Mēs nogalināsim sevi pašrocīgi, ar vainas apziņu.”
― Inga Žolude, Sarkanie bērni

“Lielākā daļa cilvēka dzīves sastāv no neredzamā – jūtas, domas, atmiņas, redzamais ir tikai porpcelāna tasīte, kur to visu ieliet un pasniegt otram cilvēkam.”
― Inga Žolude, Sarkanie bērni

“Clever as I am, I remain just as big a fool as anyone else.”
― J.K. Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard

“Death comes for us all in the end.”
― J.K. Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard

“...if anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will be the same again.”
― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

“Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”
― Julia Child

“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”
― Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― William Faulkner

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.”
― Aldous Huxley

“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
― Nora Ephron