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  • #1
    Leo Tolstoy
    “Life did not stop, and one had to live.”
    Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

  • #2
    Margaret Mitchell
    “Hardships make or break people.”
    Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

  • #3
    Benjamin Franklin
    “Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
    Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

  • #4
    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
    Ernest Hemingway

  • #5
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    Frank Zappa

  • #6
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    Albert Einstein

  • #7
    W.C. Fields
    “I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
    W.C. Fields

  • #8
    William Wordsworth
    “The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
    William Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads

  • #9
    Dale Carnegie
    “Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
    Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

  • #10
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • #11
    Sarah J. Maas
    “Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
    Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

  • #12
    Sarah J. Maas
    “Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.”
    Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

  • #13
    Mark Twain
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
    Mark Twain

  • #14
    Ransom Riggs
    “I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.”
    Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

  • #15
    Toni Morrison
    “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
    Toni Morrison

  • #16
    Sarah J. Maas
    “No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”
    Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

  • #17
    Cassandra Clare
    “Jesus!" Luke exclaimed.
    "Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling.”
    Cassandra Clare

  • #18
    John Steinbeck
    “There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.”
    John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

  • #19
    J.K. Rowling
    “The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #20
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • #21
    Sarah J. Maas
    “Because I am lost," she whispered onto the earth. "And I do not know the way.”
    Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

  • #22
    Sarah J. Maas
    “Pity those who don't feel anything at all.”
    Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

  • #23
    Sarah J. Maas
    “...her dearest friends are characters in books.”
    Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

  • #24
    Sarah J. Maas
    “We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
    Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

  • #25
    Leon Uris
    “Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home writing?' I said, and left the stage.”
    Leon Uris, Qb VII

  • #26
    Leon Uris
    “Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises?”
    Leon Uris, Exodus

  • #27
    Leon Uris
    “Pride is a fool's fortress”
    Leon Uris, Topaz

  • #28
    Horace Mann
    “A house without books is like a room without windows.”
    Horace Mann

  • #29
    Neil Gaiman
    “I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.”
    Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art

  • #30
    Warsan Shire
    “two people who were once very close can
    without blame
    or grand betrayal
    become strangers.
    perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world.”
    Warsan Shire



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