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“After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.”
― Mark Twain, The Diaries of Adam & Eve: Translated by Mark Twain

“just cuz you miss something it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good for you.”
― Jude Angelini, Hyena

“Our journey is about faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Not the proving of such things.”
― James Rollins, Blood Infernal

“If it’s worth doing, I guess it’s worth overdoing.”
― James Rollins, Blood Infernal

“Never trust those who would be your shield. They feed on your ignorance and darkness. It is best to look at things directly and be unafraid.”
― James Rollins, The Blood Gospel

“We must savor every moment given us," she stressed. "We know not where this journey ends so we must wring each scrap of joy out of it while it lasts.”
― James Rollins, Innocent Blood

“We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.”
― Chris Cleave, The Other Hand

“Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn around and smile.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

“To be well in your mind you have first to be free.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

“I was carrying two cargoes. Yes, one of them was horror, but the other one was hope.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

“I was thinking that if what distinguishes us as humans is our stupidity, what may redeem us is our grace.”
― Earl Lovelace

“No. No, I don't believe you'd betray me with her. I don't believe you'd cheat on me. But I'm afraid, and I'm sick in my heart that you might look at her, then at me. And regret.”
― J.D. Robb, Innocent in Death

“It is only through mystery and madness that the soul is revealed”
― Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life

“You're driving me NORMAL!”
― Jeff Lindsay, Dearly Devoted Dexter

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Complete Tales and Poems

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

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

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

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We are not damned. We never were. Who under the sun has the right to damn any living breathing creature?”
― Anne Rice, Prince Lestat

“You are too strong for this rain and too strong for this sorrow.”
― Anne Rice, Prince Lestat

“Pain. Unspeakable pain. It didn’t matter who in this world or any other was staring at me, watching me, seeking to share this moment or merely shuddering as I experienced it. Just didn’t matter. Because in pain like this one is always alone.”
― Anne Rice, Prince Lestat

“I've always been proud of you, except when you retreat, and give in to your suffering. I haven't been so proud when you do that. But you always come back. No matter how dreadful the defeat, you come back.”
― Anne Rice, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

“You are stronger than you think you are. You are not your thoughts. The only devil inside of you is the one you created yourself.”
― Amy Lukavics, Daughters Unto Devils

“She was a marvel. She did exactly as she pleased all her life, God bless her.”
― John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

“Reading is dreaming with open eyes”
― Yoyo