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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
― Margaret Fuller

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“I will never deny my King.”
― Wayne Thomas Batson

“He fainted. Then he came to and remembered what happened and fainted again.”
― Donita K. Paul, DragonSpell

“Never let them take what you're not willing to give.”
― Elissa Sussman, Stray

“There's a lesson in it for would-be heroes. The people you save won't celebrate you. They'll gather the wood and cheer while you burn".”
― Julie Berry

“Now it's like a fog has lifted. I sense Leetu just as clearly as I can see the moon.'
Your eyes are closed, and the moon as a haze around it.”
― Donita K. Paul, DragonSpell

“Wear pink!' her mother had said. 'It confuses the enemy.”
― Donita K. Paul

“Well, what are we waiting for? ...She said 'children.' I bet that's anyone under a couple of centuries old. Let's go.”
― Donita K. Paul, DragonQuest

“To the wise, a prick on the finger avoids a hole in the heart.”
― Donita K. Paul

“Wouldn't it be most logical for her to change herself into a living thing, like a cat or dog, a bird or mouse?'
That would be the easiest transformation, but Risto is above doing something simple.'
Still, I'd be happier if Dibl would quit eating those bugs. Dibl, stop it. You might eat Gilda.”
― Donita K. Paul, DragonQuest

“With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“I shall not tell your husband and you shall not tell my wife."
Tell them what?"
That you and I were outwitted by a ropma."
That would be shamful."
Girl, we could never live it down.”
― Donita K. Paul, DragonFire

“What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?"
"I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you."
"Why?"
"Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“How did you die?"
"We er....drowned in a bathtub."
"All three of you?"
"It was a big bathtub.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“How do you win when you're up against yourself?”
― Amanda Sun, Ink

“My heart was glass--easy to see through, simple to break.”
― Amanda Sun, Ink

“If nothing ever changed, there would be no such things as butterflies.”
― Wendy Mass, The Candymakers

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”
― Wendy Mass, The Candymakers

“The thing about leaving something behind for the last time is that you rarely realize you're doing it.”
― Wendy Mass, The Candymakers

“Why do you like books so much?” he asked. Miles answered without taking his face away from the window. “You never know what you’ll learn when you open one. And if it’s a story, you sort of fall into it. Then you live there for a while, instead of, you know, living here.”
― Wendy Mass, The Candymakers

“I've faced worse than a dressmaker who breaths fire.”
― Jessica Day George

“Never Alone!”
― Wayne Thomas Batson, The Door Within

“Dead heroes do nothing to protect their people tomorrow.”
― Wayne Thomas Batson, Curse of the Spider King

“He who lives for nothing costs the lives of many, but he who lives for something greater than himself preserves those he loves.”
― Wayne Thomas Batson, Christopher Hopper

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Adventures are funny things.
Many are merely happy accidents—a single spark that ignites an unexpected chain of events.
But some adventures are meant for you and you alone.
And whether you want them or not, they seek you out of a great crowd and take you somewhere you never thought you’d go.
Often, these unlooked for adventures require a sacrifice too great to imagine.”
― Wayne Thomas Batson