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“Calmly, slowly, she reached behind with her left hand and came up against — yes, fabric. Fine linen, to be precise. So far, so good: she was inside a wardrobe, after all. The only problem was that this linen was oddly warm. Body warm. Beneath the tentative pressure of her palm, it seemed to be moving...

With terrifying suddenness, an ungloved hand clamped roughly over her nose and mouth. A long arm pinned her arms against her sides. She was held tightly against a hard, warm surface.

"Hush," whispered a pair of lips pressed to her left ear. "If you scream, we are both lost.”
― Y.S. Lee, A Spy in the House

“I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“One heart cannot serve two masters.”
― Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“What is it like?"

"What is what like?"

"Death. What is death like?"

"He is quiet and still, and oh, so peaceful. Fear will no longer hold any sway over you, nor will worry or sadness. Can you think of a time when you were especially tired? Perhaps after a long day of travel? Do you remember how lovely it was to climb into your feather bed that night? How grateful your tired limbs were? How welcoming it felt? How delicious to close your eyes and finally rest?"

"Yes."

"It is just like that.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“We are the broken and the damned, the midden heap of Mortain's grace and mercy.”
― Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart

“I don't want to die without any scars.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“I am in desperate need of killing something.”
― Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph

“Read as widely and as deeply as you can. You have to be a reader before you can be a writer.”
― Y.S. Lee

“It's terrifying, to be on the verge of finally getting what you want.”
― Y.S. Lee, A Spy in the House

“It's terrifying to be on the verge of finally getting what you want.”
― Y.S. Lee, A Spy in the House

“by the time you open your eyes, the world might have already changed.”
― Matsuri Hino, ヴァンパイア騎士 7 [Vampire Knight 7]

“No one can be a replacement for another person. That is why, farewells are always difficult.”
― Matsuri Hino, Vampire Knight, Vol. 1

“The world is dyed with the color of blood. It will never be able to go back to the way it was before.”
― Matsuri Hino, Vampire Knight

“If you don't do anything, you simply end up overwhelmed by something happening.”
― Matsuri Hino, Vampire Knight

“If you don't do something you will simply get overwhelmed by something happening.”
― Matsuri Hino

“Yuki (in a standoff with Zero): We're going to stay like this until vol. 10? Why...don't we sit down...Zero?
Zero: I can't. If I sit down, I won't be able to get up again. (I've reached my limits in many ways).
Yuki: Well, I'm going to sit...”
― Matsuri Hino, Vampire Knight, Vol. 9

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
― Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems

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

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.”
― C. JoyBell C.